WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran could be "taken out" in one night and that night "might" be Tuesday evening, the deadline Trump set for Iran to make a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
"The entire country could be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night," Trump told a press conference at the White House. (US-Iran-Threat)
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BEIRUT -- Five people were killed and at least seven others wounded on Monday in Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon, authorities said, as cross-border hostilities continued between Israel and Hezbollah.
Lebanon's Public Health Emergency Operations Center said an Israeli drone strike on the town of Haris in the Bint Jbeil district killed two people, and one person was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Hamadiyeh area in the Tyre district. (Lebanon-Israel-Strikes)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. military had used as many as 155 warplanes to rescue the second airman in Iran and was forced to destroy some cargo planes that got stuck to prevent them from falling into Iranian hands.
"We blew up the old planes," Trump told a press conference at the White House while focusing on details of the rescue.
The warplanes reportedly contained communications equipment and anti-missile technology that the Pentagon did not want Iran to seize. (US-Warplanes-Rescue)
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TEHRAN -- Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei extended condolences for a senior general of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), saying that "assassinations and crimes" against Iranian leadership will not halt the country's course.
In a written statement, Khamenei praised Majid Khademi, head of the IRGC's Intelligence Protection Organization, for decades of "silent efforts in the security, intelligence, and defense fields" of Iran. (Iran-Supreme Leader-Condolence) ■
