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“We are nearing the achievement of our goals as we prepare to conclude our significant military operations in the Middle East, particularly regarding Iran’s terrorist regime,” he stated.
“Our objectives include: (1) Completely dismantling Iran’s missile capabilities, launch systems, and related infrastructure. (2) Crippling Iran’s defense industrial base. (3) Neutralizing their navy and air force, including anti-aircraft weaponry. (4) Ensuring Iran never approaches nuclear capability while maintaining the U.S.’s ability to swiftly and decisively respond if necessary. (5) Providing the highest level of protection for our Middle Eastern allies, such as Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Kuwait. The Strait of Hormuz should be monitored and secured by other nations reliant on its passage — the U.S. will not take on this role alone.
“We will assist these countries in their efforts to secure the Strait of Hormuz if requested, but this should not be necessary once the threat from Iran is nullified.
“Significantly, this will be a straightforward military operation for them.”
“The enemy has been defeated,” Khamenei remarked.
“(Iranians have) dealt him a dizzying blow so that he now starts uttering contradictory words and nonsense.”
Trump’s purported consideration of winding down the war comes at the same time as reports of an invasion being planned.
But Trump denied the plans in an obtuse way.
“No, I’m not putting troops anywhere,” he said.
“If I were, I certainly wouldn’t tell you.”
“I may have a plan, I may not,” he said.
“It’s certainly a place that people are talking about. But I can’t tell you that.”
Because Iran’s coastline is too shallow for massive tankers, 90 per cent of Iran’s oil is exported via Kharg Island.
Of those, ten are seriously wounded, and 207 have been able to return to duty.
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