WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday sharply escalated his rhetoric against Tehran, urging that Iran’s leaders face prosecution for “war crimes against humanity” while denouncing the Islamic Republic as a “failed nation.”
“Iran is officially a Failed Nation. IT IS DEAD!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, they have no currency, they are not paying their soldiers or police, Inflation is at 300%, and their leadership is in total disarray and incapable of properly representing the country.”
He continued: “The only thing they have is FAKE NEWS from the USA, a willingness to kill their protesters (now over 100,000 people dead. They must be tried for war crimes against humanity!), and a good line of ‘BULLS—.’”
The president’s comments followed a US military strike on rocket launchers that officials said were being used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to place mines in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important maritime corridors and a route for nearly one-fifth of global oil flows during peacetime.
“U.S. forces took limited, precise action against IRGC minelaying forces posing an imminent threat in the Strait of Hormuz,” US Central Command said in a post on X Sunday evening. “In essence, Iran created the threat and the U.S. military eliminated it to protect civilian mariners, commercial shipping, and the free flow of global commerce.”
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