Trump is proud of the truce between Iran and Israel, but does not rule out a new strike
US President Donald Trump is "very proud" that Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire, but does not rule out another strike if Tehran resumes its uranium enrichment program. He said this ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, reports Sky news.
Trump says he disagrees with US intelligence assessment that three nuclear facilities in Iran were not destroyed.
"I think it was a complete destruction. I believe they had no chance to get anything out because we acted quickly. It is difficult to remove such material – very difficult and very dangerous. It was an obligation," he emphasized .
When asked about Iran's threats to continue enriching uranium, Trump said he would not allow the country to resume. When asked if the United States would strike again if Iran resumed its program, he said "of course.".
"The last thing they want to do now is enrich something. They want to recover. We will not allow this to happen," he said .
- On the night of June 22, the United States attacked the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities. According to Fox News, , 30 Tomahawk missiles and 5-6 anti-bunker bombs.
- On June 24, Trump said that it was an honor for him to destroy all of Iran's nuclear facilities and capabilities, and then stop the war.
- However, US intelligence believes that the strikes on Iran did not destroy the main components of the country's nuclear program, CNN reports. The White House said it disagreed with this assessment.
- Later, the US president accused the media of diminishing the success of his military operation. And Secretary of State Rubio said that Iran is now much further away from building nuclear weapons, than it was before the US strike.
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