Donald Trump warns Iran is set for ‘complete destruction and certain death’ today after US attacks
Iran was hammered with more missiles overnight after the US carried out its ‘biggest’ bombing yet during the Middle East conflict.
The US military marked the seventh day of the Middle East war with more bombing in Iran last night.
Air sirens rang out in Tehran as explosions rocked the densely populated city of more than nine million people. Intense fire and smoke were also seen rising from Mehrabad International Airport in the early hours of the morning.
More than 1,200 people have been killed in Iran alone during the conflict, which has spilt into the neighbouring countries, the Gulf region and Lebanon.
Posting on Truth Social, Donald Trump said: ‘Today Iran will be hit very hard!
‘Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran’s bad behaviour, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time.’
Donald Trump’s administration’s senior official claimed last night’s offensive was America’s ‘biggest bombing campaign’ in Iran.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business: ‘We’ll do the most damage to the Iranian missile launchers, the factories that build the missiles.
‘And we are substantially degrading them. And, you know, our campaign has been overwhelming.’
The US Central Command claimed it has hit over 3,000 targets during the first week of ‘Operation Epic Fury,’ adding that it is ‘not slowing down.’
Trump’s provocative comments have added fuel to the flames over the conflict, with the US president saying there will be ‘no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender.’
Trump also said the MAGA slogan – Make America Great Again – should be turned into ‘MIGA’, ‘Make Iran Great Again’ in a ranting post on Truth Social yesterday.
Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, responded by saying that the unconditional surrender is a ‘dream that they should take to their graves.’
He called for the conflict to be solved through diplomacy, and apologised to Iran’s neighbouring countries ‘that were attacked by Iran.’
‘From now on, they should not attack neighbouring countries or fire missiles at them, unnless we are attacked by those countries,’ Pezeshkian said in a pre-recorded address.
Across the Persian Gulf, flights were grounded in and out of Dubai airport, one of the busiest travel hubs in the world.
Emirates, the Kingdom’s flagship carrier, said it has halted all flights in the city until further notice.
Evacuation flights have been able to take off from neighbouring Oman and Saudi Arabia as other countries scramble to ferry off citizens.
Around 140,000 British nationals registered themselves with the Foreign Office, and the first evacuation flight landed at Stansted on Friday night.
The second chartered plane touched down at Gatwick overnight.
Around 300,000 British nationals are estimated to be stuck in the Middle East.
The White House has suggested the war could take up to six weeks.
Trump has previously hinted that the US could go on for ‘far longer.’
Fears are growing over the impact on the global economy and trade after the Strait of Hormuz has effectively been closed since the start of the conflict.
Very few ships dare to pass through the 24-mile passage after Iran threatened it would strike any US, Israel or European-linked vessels.
The Strait handles around 20% of the world’s oil supply.
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