The US president said it was a “waste of time” to consider sending US ground troops to Iran at this time.
Welcome to RT’s live coverage of the seventh day of the US-Israeli war with Iran.
The conflict between the US, Israel and Iran continues to escalate, with Washington striking Iranian military assets and deploying additional troops to the Middle East while Tehran launches retaliatory missile and drone strikes across the region.
US President Donald Trump has said that it will happen “waste of time” to consider sending American ground troops to Iran at this time in response to the Iranian foreign minister’s warning that any such move would spell disaster for the invading forces. An Iranian military spokesman warned that the country’s attacks on enemy positions would be imminent “more severe and extensive” In the coming days.
- Trump said he would not accept Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of slain Iranian leader Ali Khamenei, as the country’s next ruler and insisted he should have a personal say in choosing Iran’s future leader.
- The US president has ruled out a US ground attack on Iran, calling it a “waste of time” In an interview with NBC. Once the conflict with the Islamic Republic is over, Washington may shift its focus to Cuba, he suggested. “A question of time.”
- US military says it shot down Iran’s drone carrier IRIS Shahid Bagheri. According to US Central Command, the ship – which is roughly the size of a World War II-era aircraft carrier – is now on fire.
- US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Washington has time on its side in the conflict with Iran, and the US will deploy additional troops to the Middle East.
- Iran carried out nightly attacks on several targets, including US military positions in Bahrain, Tel Aviv and Kuwait. Meanwhile, Israeli forces attacked Beirut and the Iranian capital, Tehran.
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- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran was not seeking a ceasefire and saw no reason to hold talks with the US, arguing that previous talks had been disrupted by the attack.
- A New York Times investigation says the strike that destroyed a girls’ school in Minab and killed several children may have been carried out during a US attack on a nearby Iranian military site. US officials said the investigation into the incident is ongoing.
- More than 1,200 people have been killed in Iran since the campaign began. Iranian retaliatory strikes killed about a dozen people in Israel, while Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least 72, Lebanese officials said.
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Read more: How much damage has Iran done to US bases in the Middle East?
