Donald Trump has threatened to âblow the entire nation upâ in another bombastic rant against the Iranian regime, amid concerns the US is planning to scale up its war in the region.
Speaking to Foxâs Trey Yingst, the US president said the âquestionâ was âif and whenâ it would be required to âblow the entire nation upâ if Tehran failed to agree to his demands.
âThey better behave,â Yingst said the president told him of Iranâs government, adding that the choices included âwiping them out, letting Iran rot economically, or making a dealâ.
It comes after Tehran warned the US and Middle East regions they will be targeted by âpainful strikesâ if they make âany mistakeâ against Iran.
It comes as the US State Department issued a security alert warning Americans in the Middle East that hostilities between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen had the âpotential to escalate rapidlyâ.
At least 11 US embassies in the region issued a warning that travel disruptions are possible.
Another LPG tanker has been hit by debris from unknown projectiles while transiting out of the Strait of Hormuz, according to the UKMTO. The monitor, citing a Master, reported that all crew are safe and that there is no impact to the environment. Authorities are investigating, they say.
It follows an earlier report of an incident involving a vessel transiting the Strait. A tanker coming into the waterway was struck by an unknown projectile, the UKMTO reported earlier on Monday.
Donald Trump made another push on Sunday to redefine one of his Washington, D.C. âbeautificationâ projects that is likely aimed at securing funding for the project from a skeptical Congress. The president posted on Truth Social that his planned 250-foot triumphal arch will now be loaded up with âlarge numbers of drones, plus Snipers,â and insisted that the commemorative structure on the grounds of one of Americaâs most sacred spaces â Arlington National Cemetery â would become a âtop grade Military Complex.â
Donald Trump said on Monday that Russia has âlost controlâ of its diesel industry and again called for an end to Moscow's war with Ukraine. The rising cost of diesel is hitting US farmers just as the presidentâs war with Iran weighs on global oil prices.
Shortly after the US and Israel attacked Iran, Donald Trump laid out several objectives, from destroying Iran's ballistic missile capabilities to ensuring Tehran can never have a nuclear weapon. A month into the conflict, US sources told Reuters they believed a third of that arsenal had been destroyed. The US claims to have destroyed at least 161 Iranian naval ships and 82 per cent of its air defence systems. But the war has not significantly changed Iran's nuclear capability.
Houthi fighters were pushing to seize strategic heights in Yemen on Monday to cut off the Red Sea coast from remaining areas held by Saudi-backed forces, after a report that President Donald Trump had called off US strikes on the group at the last minute.
A tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz was struck by a projectile, injuring two crew members, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Monday, citing military authorities.
Hiring an oil supertanker to load in the Persian Gulf and transit the Strait of Hormuz cost as much as $1m a day earlier this month as the Iran war weighs on global shipping. With Yemenâs Houthi rebels now squeezing the Bab el-Mandeb strait, prices are likely to continue to climb.
Kemi Badenoch, the leader of Britainâs Conservative party, urges the Labour government to drill oil and gas in the North Sea, warning the impact of the Iran war is bringing forth another oil shock. âSaudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline has been damaged by drone attacks. The strait of Hormuz is restricted, Houthi bandits threaten shipping routes into the Red Sea. Another oil shock is coming,â the leader of the opposition wrote on social media.
