US President Donald Trump has said 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.
"1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately follow, should the Iranian Government act on its threat, pronounced in many corners of the Globe, to assassinate, or attempt to assassinate, the sitting President of the United States of America, in this case, ME!," he said in a Truth Social post.
"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 comments by Trump, made on his Truth Social website, likely will again turn up tensions in the Middle East.
There had been multiple days of US air strikes targeting Iran, as well as Iranian fire targeting nations across the Middle East.
Trump earlier declared that a ceasefire with Iran was "over," but Washington agreed to continue talks requested by Tehran.
Israel recently shared “intelligence” with the US indicating Iran had developed a new plan to assassinate Trump, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
