KORUS President Donald Trump has warned that if Iran attacks ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the US will bomb Iranian power plants or bridges. In response, Iran launched an attack on a US military base in Jordan and fired back, declaring that if Iran is barred from selling oil, no one else will be able to sell either.
Reporter Baegun has the details.
As the military conflict between the US and Iran enters its 12th day, President Trump warned that every time Iran attacks a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, the US will bomb one power plant or bridge.
He emphasized that the capital city of Tehran would also be included among the targets.
Attending in person the repatriation ceremony for the remains of US service members killed in the Middle East conflict, he stated that Iran will pay a heavy price.
[Donald Trump / US President : Iran is going to pay a very big price. They are being completely devastated right now.]
Meanwhile, Israeli public broadcaster reported that the US has informed Israel that strikes on Pickaxe Mountain, identified as an underground Iranian nuclear facility, could take place within days.
While US airstrikes have left 53 dead and 592 injured in Iran so far, Iran has also continued its retaliatory actions.
The Iranian military released footage claiming it attacked a US military base in Jordan with missiles and drones.
Through this, it claimed to have destroyed numerous new unmanned aerial vehicles and caused casualties among US forces.
With Iran warning that "if we cannot sell our oil, no one else will be able to either," and Yemen's Houthi rebels—who have declared a blockade of the Red Sea targeting Saudi Arabia—issuing radio warnings to nearby vessels, tensions in both the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea are rising simultaneously.
Meanwhile, visiting the Philippines to attend the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated following the trilateral foreign ministers' meeting among South Korea, the US, and Japan that contributing naval assets to the Strait of Hormuz would also benefit allies such as South Korea.
However, he noted that he did not directly request naval assets during the meeting and that it was not a core agenda item.
(Video Editing: Kim Jong-mi, Video Source: Vantor)
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