US will hit Iran ‘very hard’ tonight, says Trump
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United States President Donald Trump on Thursday said that American forces will strike Tehran “very hard tonight”, further escalating tensions in West Asia and threatening a fragile ceasefire that took effect on April 8.
“The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT,” Trump wrote on social media.
He also threatened that his country’s military would seize key Iranian oil export terminal of Kharg Island as well as Tehran’s oil and gas infrastructure and markets.
The island is an eight-km stretch of land off the Iranian coast that handles about 90% of the country’s crude exports.
He claimed the action would be “much like we have with Venezuela”.
The US military had abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in an overnight operation on January 3.
Washington had accused Maduro of narco terrorism and drug trafficking, among other crimes – allegations that he has rejected.
Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world, but is not among the top 10 producers.
Shortly after his post on social media on Thursday, Trump told Fox News that he was not certain that “America has the stomach” for a larger conflict despite it being his “preference”.
He added that the US is...