Updated 18 June 2025 at 01:01 IST
Washington: Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that the United States now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran as Tehran conflict with Israel turns into serious security concern in the middle east.
Mentioning that the Iranians have good sky trackers but nothing compered to USA, Donald Trump said, “Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured “stuff.” Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA."
In another warning, Donald Trump said that he gave several chances to Iran to make a deal telling them just do it but they couldn't get it done.
“I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest of words, to “just do it,” but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done. I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come - And they know how to use it,” the US President said.
Issuing out multiple warnings to Khamenei, Donald Trump said that Iran must make a nuke deal before there is nothing left and what was once known as the Iranian Empire.
“Certain Iranian hardliner’s spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse! There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end. Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire. No more death, no more destruction, JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. God Bless You All,” Donald Trump said.
US State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce in a statement reiterated what Donald Trump has been saying for months and ever since his first day at the Oval office under the second term that Iran just cannot have a nuclear weapon.
"Now with the conflict between Iran and Israel, President Trump is also clear that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon... The fact that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon is clear. As the White House reminds us, since taking office, President Trump has clearly stated that Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon... One of the highest priorities of the Trump administration is the safety and security of the American people. To that end, the Department of State has established the Middle East Task Force to help coordinate support for US citizens, our US Diplomatic missions, personnel, and diplomatic engagements... To keep US citizens involved, we have issued more than 30 security alerts to countries in the region..."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to hold a high-level security meeting on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday with top ministers and defence chiefs, as per reports. Reports said that it will be a critical meeting which was scheduled for 10 PM at a government war bunker.
Meanwhile, as per Iranian media, intense and continuous explosions were being heard in Western, Central Tehran, caused by Israeli strikes.
Israelis' national security council head in an interview said that this ‘Operation Rising Lion’ will not end until the nuclear facility in the Fordow is hit.
Spokesman for the Israel Defence Force, Brigadier General Effie Defrin informed that 60 fighter jets with the Israeli Air Force set out earlier for an “extensive wave of strikes in the heart of Iran,” targeting ballistic missile launchers aimed at Israel.
Adding that following the significant number of strikes over the last few days against surface-to-surface missile launchers and other infrastructure in western Iran, they are now withdrawing towards Central Iran, launching missiles from Isfahan, with him stating, “they withdrew from western Iran, but we are coming after them.”
He further informed that so far no decision has been made yet on US involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict.
Published 17 June 2025 at 21:55 IST