Iran, Trump and Strait of Hormuz
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US President Donald Trump appeared to set a new deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Follow for live updates.
IRGC INTEL CHIEF KILLED: The head of intelligence for Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed in an attack targeting him, Iranian state media said. Israel said it killed Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi, the latest senior figure assassinated, while dozens more were reported dead in intense attacks on Iran overnight.
President Donald Trump threatened to unleash "all hell" on Iran if it does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Monday. The administration is celebrating a successful mission to rescue an F-15E crew member who was shot down over Iran.
Israel and the United States have carried out attacks that have killed more than 25 people in Iran. Tehran responded Monday with missile fire on Israel, where at least two were killed in Haifa, and its Gulf Arab neighbors.
President Trump called it ‘one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History’.
Trump warns Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face sweeping strikes on energy infrastructure as the conflict enters its endgame.
President Donald Trump issued increasingly aggressive threats to destroy Iran’s power plants starting Tuesday and bring “Hell” to the country following the rescue of a US airman more than a day after his fighter jet was shot down.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday stepped up his threat to hit Iran's critical infrastructure hard if the country's government doesn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his Monday deadline.
The United States and Iran received the framework of a plan to end their conflict, though Tehran rejected any immediate move to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The two allies have been steadily stepping up attacks on Iranian infrastructure and are planning to hit energy facilities.