Donald Trump threatens to annihilate Iran after crossfire over Hormuz – Middle East crisis live
Iran attacked Bahrain and Kuwait after US strikes, and threatened a ‘complete halt’ to talks US and Iran trade strikes as both sides accuse the other of endangering ceasefire Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi is in Baghdad for a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart. The pair have been discussing the latest attacks as well as the all-important issue of Hormuz, according to Reuters. Gulf states have publicly said that the strait of Hormuz must remain toll-free. For his part, Araghchi’s Iraqi co
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05.27 EDTTrump says US may be 'forced' to 'complete the job'US president Donald Trump claimed that the US has the upper hand after it launched further strikes on multiple targets in Iran, a day after it struck Iran in retaliation for a drone attack on a cargo ship in the strait of Hormuz.“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 posted to Truth Social in the wake of Saturday’s strikes.“If that happens,” he wrote, “the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist.”About an hour after Trump’s post, the Kuwaiti army said its air defences were responding to “hostile” missile and drone attacks, while sirens sounded in Bahrain, according to that country’s interior…
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