Donald Trump said the US had begun ‘major combat operations’ in Iran, warning there may be US casualties.
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The strikes, which the US president said were aimed at destroying Iranian missiles and annihilating its navy, follow repeated US-Israeli warnings that they would strike Iran again if it pressed ahead with its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Trump told the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, Iran’s armed forces, to lay down their weapons, promising that they would be granted immunity. The other option, according to Trump, is ‘certain death’
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