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More US troops injured, refueling jets damaged as Iran war enters second month

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Several KC-135 Stratotanker refuelers damaged by missile or drone strike. Image – RT.

US President Donald Trump says Iran is being “decimated,” while his envoy is “hopeful” for talks this week.

Iran’s latest retaliatory attacks on US and Israeli facilities in the region reportedly injured at least 29 US troops, while President Donald Trump claims that Iran has been “decimated” and has no capacity to fight back.

As the war enters its second month, the US president told a Saudi-backed investment conference on Friday that there were only “3,554 targets left” to strike in Iran. The US Department of War recently touted the milestone of 10,000 sorties.



While Trump continues to claim that talks with Tehran are ongoing, the Pentagon is reportedly drafting options for a “final blow” against Iran and is considering deploying a third aircraft carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush, to the Middle East.

Iran launched waves of drones and missiles against US and Israeli facilities in the region, including Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, where at least 29 Americans were injured and several KC-135 Stratotanker refuelers were damaged, according to media reports.

Tehran vowed to exact a “heavy price” on its enemies, after two of its largest steel factories, a power plant and civilian nuclear sites – including the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant – came under attack over the past 24 hours.

The Trump administration is hopeful that a meeting with Iranian officials will be held this week, Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, said.

The UN nuclear watchdog has confirmed that Iran informed it about a new suspected Israeli strike near the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, which would be the third incident in ten days.

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7 COMMENTS

  1. Just STOP this now1
    Israel wanted this war, let them fight it.

    Perhaps it’s Israel that needs the regime change. Get rid of the warmongers. The world is waking up to what they are doing and if they don’t stop now it will surely be the end of the state of Israel. Money can’t always buy what you want.

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