TRUMP CALLS ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRAN ‘EXCELLENT,’ SIGNALS ‘THERE’S MORE TO COME’

Fri 13 June 2025:

US President Donald Trump on Friday called Israel’s overnight airstrikes on Iran “excellent,” adding that “there’s more to come.”

Speaking to ABC News on the phone, Trump spoke with apparent enthusiasm about the attacks.

“I think it’s been excellent,” Trump said. “We gave them a chance and they didn’t take it. They got hit hard, very hard. They got hit about as hard as you’re going to get hit. And there’s more to come. A lot more.”

Asked if the US had taken part in the attack in any way, Trump declined to answer, saying: “I don’t want to comment on that.”

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At least 78 people were killed and 329 others injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the Iranian capital Tehran early Friday, local media reported.

“The unofficial death toll from today’s terrorist attack by the Zionist regime in Tehran province is estimated at 329 injured and 78 martyred,” the Iranian semi-official news agency Fars said.

Israel launched a large-scale attack early Friday, deploying around 200 aircraft to target Iran’s nuclear program and long-range missile capabilities. Several senior Iranian military officials and nuclear scientists were killed in the strikes.

Iran has vowed “severe punishment,” and called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to hold Israel accountable for its actions.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has named Maj. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi the new chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, official news agency IRNA reported Friday.

Mousavi’s appointment came following the assassination of his predecessor, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, by Israeli airstrikes early Friday.

Maj. Gen. Ali Shademani was also appointed the new commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters, succeeding Commander Gholam Ali Rashid, who was also killed in the overnight attacks, IRNA said.

Israel launched a sweeping military operation against Iran early Friday, with 200 planes targeting its nuclear program and long-range missile capabilities.

Senior military officials and nuclear scientists were killed in the attack.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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