Trump reiterates threat of military action with demand for Iran deal
Fears of US attack rise as president says Tehran can either negotiate ‘a fair and equitable deal’ or face a US ‘armada’.
President Donald Trump has revived the threat that the United States is ready to launch a military attack against Iran as he demanded that Tehran make a deal over its nuclear programme.
“A massive Armada is heading to Iran. It is moving quickly, with great power, enthusiasm, and purpose,” he said in a lengthy post on Truth Social on Wednesday.
In other news:
“A physician who is the daughter of a senior Iranian government official is no longer an employee of Emory,” Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute public relations director Andrea Clement said.
The daughter of a top Iranian official was quietly ousted from her position at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, following heavy backlash over her employment.
Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, an assistant professor at the school’s prestigious Winship Cancer Institute and the daughter of Ali Larijani — one of Iran’s most powerful officials — is no longer employed at Emory, a university spokesperson told the California Post on Sunday.
Iran has pledged to respond to any form of military action from the US with the use of force.
The country’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, warned that the military has “their fingers on the trigger to immediately and powerfully respond to any aggression”. He added that Tehran has learned “valuable lessons” from the war with Israel last June, which lasted just 12 days.