Trump issues another threat: “We will strike Iran again today”

United States President Donald Trump said today, Wednesday, that the United States would attack Iran tonight. “We have the right to do it because they shot down our helicopter,” he said at a press conference. “I have been working with Iran for several months. Iran agreed that it will not have nuclear weapons. All it has to do is sign the paper. Everything has already been agreed. But they are dragging their feet because they know this is a significant deal.”

Trump revealed that in yesterday’s strike, the United States removed oil barrels from Iran. “We are taking out millions of barrels of oil from Iran. Last night we took 22 ships full of oil and they did not know about it. That is why oil prices are going down. It was a secret and they did not know about it.”

Earlier today, Trump sent a threatening message to Iran amid the negotiations between the countries. “Iran is all talk and no action. They took too long to negotiate a deal that could have been great for them, and now they will have to pay the price,” Trump wrote.

In an interview with Fox News, Trump made clear that he is close to ordering new strikes on power stations and bridges in Iran because, לדבריו, the Iranians are “wasting time” in the negotiations. “The bully of the Middle East is dead. If necessary, we will continue,” he stressed.

Trump also attacked the American media and said that the U.S. naval blockade is having an effect, contrary to claims. “This is an iron wall. The ‘fake news’ media refuses to report how effective our naval blockade is. Iran is not paying its military and is becoming a failed nation. A lot of oil is going out. Praise Allah,” the president wrote on his Truth social network.

Trump also gave new details about the downing of the Apache helicopter this week and told Fox News that an Iranian drone wedged between the two pilots in the helicopter, which did not explode. The helicopter caught fire and the pilots managed to land it in the sea. The two were rescued, for the first time in U.S. military history, by an unmanned marine drone. Trump called the incident a “miracle.”

The president also confirmed that his country attacked Iranian radar and air defense systems overnight after they tried to restore them during the temporary ceasefire.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said today at a special ceremony held in memory of the Supreme Leader Khomeini that Iran would not surrender to the aggression directed against it. He called for an end to the current situation, which is neither peace nor war, saying that it is not beneficial to Iran. Pezeshkian added that Israel will not be able to subdue Iran with bombs and aircraft, something he said Israel has not been able to do over three years of war.

This morning, the New York Times reported that there had been progress in the negotiations between Iran and the United States before the attacks that took place overnight.