Middle East war flares up after Iran responds to US attacks
Iran attacked US military targets in the Middle East in retaliation for the first American strikes on its territory in a month. This signs a fresh flare-up of the war that has engulfed the region. Washington said its attacks were aimed at preventing Iran from placing more sea mines in the strait and as it threatens new secondary economic sanctions. FRANCE 24's Reza Sayah is in Tehran and tells us…
President Donald Trump vowed a "hard" response to Iranian attacks on American forces, referring to Iran as a "failed nation" in a Monday interview with Fox News. Following Tehran's retaliatory strikes on US targets in the Middle East, the President pledged America would "hit Iran hard" in response. Iran's strikes occurred after American forces had launched missiles against an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump denied Iran's claim that an oil tanker had hit mines near the same strategic waterway, instead stating that Iran's military, air force, and currency were non-existent. The President claimed the nation's inflation stood at 300 percent and said Iran's leadership was "in disarray and incapable of properly representing the country."
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