WASHINGTON: The US and Israeli military operation against Iran will last as long as it takes, US President Donald Trump said. Asked by jou...
WASHINGTON: The US and Israeli military operation against Iran will last as long as it takes, US President Donald Trump said.
Asked by journalists about how long the military operation against Iran would last, Trump replied "I can’t tell you that."
"But I mean that I have my own idea that it will be as long as necessary," he noted.
The US president also said that American and Israeli objectives during the military operation against Iran may be a little different.
In response to a question from journalists whether the goals set by the United States and Israel are the same, Trump replied that they may be a little different, but did not specify the nature of differences.
The United States and Israel launched a military operation against Iran on February 28. Major Iranian cities, including Tehran, were struck. The White House justified the attack by citing alleged missile and nuclear threats from Iran.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced a retaliatory operation, targeting sites in Israel. US military bases in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE were also hit. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and some other key Iranian leaders were killed in the joint US-Israeli attack.
The Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran later announced the election of Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the assassinated ayatollah, as the country’s new Supreme Leader.
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