US President Donald Trump claimed Iran had lost much of its military capability and senior leadership following recent US-Israeli strikes, adding that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was "90 per cent gone". He also announced plans to charge ships using the Strait of Hormuz, a proposal Iran rejected
Amid the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran, US President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that Iran has lost much of its military capability and several of its top commanders in the recent US-Israeli strikes on the country.
He also alleged that Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has been absent from public view since the funeral of his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is "90 per cent gone." Trump did not elaborate on what he meant by the remark.
Trump also announced that the United States would reinstate a blockade on Iran and charge ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz for safe passage, prompting a sharp response from Tehran.
Earlier, in a post on Truth Social, Trump declared that the US would become the "Guardian of the Hormuz Strait." Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejected the proposal, asserting that Iran, not the United States, has historically safeguarded the strategic waterway.
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