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Trump Orders Military Ready for Strikes on Iran After Reported Assassination Threat
President Donald Trump stated on July 10 that he had directed the military to prepare missile strikes against Iran should Tehran attempt to assassinate him. The announcement came two days after he addressed reporters at a NATO summit in Ankara.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on July 10 he had ordered the military to be prepared to launch strikes against Iran if the Iranian government carried out or attempted an assassination of the president. In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote that 1,000 missiles are locked and loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands more to immediately follow should the Iranian government act on its threat to assassinate or attempt to assassinate the sitting president.
"Orders have already been given, and the U.S. Military is ready, willing, and able, for a one year period of time, subject to extension, to completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran," the post continued. Trump made the statements two days after speaking to the media at a NATO leaders' summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8.
Reuters reported the July 10 statements, with the dispatch written by Preetika Parashuraman in Bengaluru and edited by Kim Coghill.
