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U.S. Strikes Iranian Military Facilities in Latest Round of Clashes
President Trump said Iran sought talks as U.S. forces hit military sites and the Treasury sanctioned seven entities tied to the IRGC. Iranian forces reported targeting U.S. facilities in response.
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U.S. forces launched another wave of strikes on Iranian military facilities, according to U.S. Central Command. Time reported that the strikes target Tehran’s ability to threaten commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump told Fox Business on Wednesday that Iran had reached out for a meeting. “They always want to meet,” he said. When asked about possibly seeking to “wipe out” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Trump replied, “Yeah, it does.
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned seven individuals and entities on Wednesday for supporting the IRGC’s weapons procurement and enabling Iran’s destabilizing actions. The IRGC has an estimated 190,000 active members and rose out of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution as the clerical regime’s ideological armed wing.
Iranian forces claimed to have retaliated by targeting U.S. military facilities in the Middle East. The two countries have exchanged attacks since accusing each other of violating a Pakistani-mediated memorandum of understanding.
Trump told Fox News on Tuesday that he would attack bridges and power plants if Iran did not return to talks next week. ” Military and security officials including commander-in-chief Ahmad Vahidi and IRGC Navy commander Ali Azmaei have pushed to continue the skirmishes since the war began in late February. The U.S.
Designated the IRGC a foreign terrorist organization in 2019.
