Trump warns of hitting Iran ‘hard’
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Islamabad: US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran will face severe military strikes while simultaneously leaving the door open for negotiations, saying Washington is taking control of the Strait of Hormuz and expects payment for protecting the strategic waterway.
Trump said Tehran had failed to honour a memorandum of understanding with the United States and argued that American military action had prevented Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, which he claimed would have threatened Israel’s survival.
Speaking on Monday during an interview with political commentator and radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump said the United States would intensify its attacks against Iran.
“We’re going to hit them very hard tonight, and we’re going to hit them hard tomorrow. And there’s not a damn thing they can do about it,” Trump said.
“They have nothing. They have nothing going other than they have big mouths,” he added.
Shortly after the interview, US Central Command announced on X that it had begun launching a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran on the instructions of the commander-in-chief.
