"Kill One US Soldier for Every Iranian Death," Iran Warns Amid "Military Operation" Pressure

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With retaliatory strikes and counter-strikes continuing, the conflict between the United States and Iran has entered its second week. While President Trump is pressuring Iran with the card of "massive military operations," Iran is refusing to back down, warning that it will kill one U.S. soldier for every Iranian who dies.

Lee Hanseok reports from Washington.

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The U.S. Central Command stated that it fired upon an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, just outside the Strait of Hormuz.

It explained that the vessel attempted to breach the maritime blockade at least four times and ignored warnings given to the crew, leading the military to disable the ship's engine room.

This marks the second time the U.S. military has intercepted an Iranian vessel since it resumed the maritime blockade on the 15th of this month.

U.S. President Trump warned that while the U.S. is seriously talking with Iran, military action will be taken immediately if no agreement is reached.

[Trump / U.S. President: As you know, we are fully prepared. We have everything in place and are ready to act immediately.]

He also warned China and Russia that very bad things would happen if they sell weapons to Iran or get involved.

Iran immediately retaliated.

The Iranian military announced in a statement that it used suicide drones to precision-strike three major U.S. military bases in Kuwait.

It also launched airstrikes on an observation tower of the U.S. 5th Fleet in Bahrain and a U.S. military base near Erbil Airport in Iraq.

The commander of the Iranian Armed Forces Central Headquarters threatened that if any Iranians are killed by future U.S. airstrikes, one U.S. soldier will be killed for every victim.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned citizens of countries hosting U.S. forces to immediately evacuate within a 500-meter radius of U.S. facilities.

Amid the hair-trigger standoff between the two sides, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to hold a summit with President Trump in Washington on the 28th.

Whether the armed conflict between the U.S. and Iran will escalate into an all-out war makes this upcoming summit expected to be a watershed moment determining the future direction of the Middle East conflict.

(Video Reported by Oh Jung-shik | Video Edited by Kim Ho-jin)
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