Trump considering a ‘massive attack’ on Iran as Tehran labels UK ‘accomplice’ to America
Secretary of State Marco Rubio labeled Trump's approach to the Iran war as "a head for an eye.""Honestly, that's what it's going to be," he said. "They will pay a very heavy price for the things they're doing. They're already paying a very heavy price."Oil prices fell by around 1% on Friday morning, but were still on course for a weekly rise of 10%.
- ▪Secretary of State Marco Rubio labeled Trump's approach to the Iran war as "a head for an eye.""Honestly, that's what it's going to be," he said.
- ▪"They will pay a very heavy price for the things they're doing.
- ▪They're already paying a very heavy price."Oil prices fell by around 1% on Friday morning, but were still on course for a weekly rise of 10%.
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On Thursday, Trump said he would hold Iran responsible for further attacks by Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis, after the militant group claimed to have struck two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea."If they do this again, the U.S. will hold Iran responsible, in that the Houthis are a Surrogate and/or Proxy of Iran, and major military punishment will be inflicted upon Iran and, of course, the Houthis, themselves," he said in a Truth Social post.The Houthis declared a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia on Monday, threatening to cut off the kingdom's oil exports through the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb strait.Iran's Revolutionary Guard said Thursday that it had attacked U.S. military facilities at an American military base in Jordan, according to state media.
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