Trump says US hit Iran again, may be ‘forced to militarily complete the job’
If that happened, the Islamic Republic would ‘no longer exist’, Trump warned, after reports that a tanker had been struck in Hormuz
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the American military struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites for violating a US-Iran ceasefire agreement.
“There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started,” Trump wrote on social media. “If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist.”
The president’s remarks came soon after US Central Command said that American forces had hit multiple targets in Iran following reports that a tanker had been hit in the Strait of Hormuz.
CENTCOM said in a social media post that Iran’s forces had launched a drone attack on the Panama-flagged M/T Kiku at 4.30am on Saturday as it was transiting near the key waterway with more than 2 million barrels of oil.
Saturday’s attack on the tanker followed another on a cargo ship on Thursday that triggered the worst escalation since an interim peace agreement was reached two weeks ago.
In response to the Thursday attack, Washington had said it hit Iranian targets overnight, while Iran said it had retaliated by striking targets linked to US forces.