‘We have eliminated Iranian leadership’: Trump

'We have eliminated Iranian leadership': Trump

The President of the United States (US), Donald Trump, has said that Iran’s ballistic missile and drone attacks have dropped by 90 per cent, while speaking in Washington on Monday.

He further added that over 100 Iranian naval ships have been destroyed.

Speaking at a press conference in Washington, Trump said Iran’s defence systems are being destroyed quickly.

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He also said minesweeping ships in the Strait of Hormuz have been sunk. He noted that only one per cent of US oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump claimed that the Iranian regime has been eliminated.

He also said that Iran’s naval forces have been completely disabled. He added that the US is destroying Iran’s drone and missile making ability.

Trump said the US is targeting Iran’s defence industry and its ability to rebuild missiles and drones in an aggressive manner.

He added that the US military has destroyed 30 Iranian ships that were laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

The president also said it cannot be confirmed whether Iran actually placed mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

‘Iran war will end anytime i want it to end,’

The president of the United States of America (US), Donald Trump, said on Wednesday that the US and Israeli war against Iran will end “soon, adding that it will end anytime he wants it to end.

According to President Trump, the strikes have left “practically nothing left to target” in the country.

“Little this and that… any time I want it to end, it will end,” he said during a brief telephone interview with US outlet Axios.

Donald Trump said that ending the war is his decision alone, even though he had earlier said it would be decided together with the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israeli and US officials told Axios that they expect the war to continue for at least two more weeks.

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