Trump says US will hit Iran ‘very hard over the next week’

Staff Reporter:

President Donald Trump said the US was going to be hitting Iran “very hard over the next week”, shortly after issuing a partial 30-day waiver for purchases of sanctioned Russian oil, hoping to ease prices fuelled by the US-Israeli war on Iran.

Trump has previously said the war is “complete”, and also promised to guarantee the safety of vessels in the Strait. In a Fox News interview aired on Friday, Trump said the US would escort shipping there “if we needed to”.

The United States and Israel have struck more than 15,000 targets since the start of the Iran war late last month, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday.