President Donald Trump is telling Iran there “is still time” to make a deal over the country’s nuclear program after Israel launched a staggering attack on the country’s nuclear sites.
“There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end,” Trump wrote on social media June 13 after the attacks. “Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left.”
It was a message the president hammered home to U.S. and global news outlets: It’s not too late for Tehran to accept Trump’s nuclear deal.
“I couldn’t get them to a deal in 60 days. They were close; they should have done it. Maybe now it will happen,” he told Axios.
In a public address, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei promised revenge for the ongoing Israeli air strikes that have killed top military and nuclear officials and damaged the country’s chief uranium enrichment site.
Khamenei said Israel’s armed forces would be left “helpless” in the face of Iranian retribution, Reuters reported. Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, promised a strong response.
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Shortly after 12:30 p.m. Eastern time, the Israeli military said a missile had been launched from Yemen, where Houthi militants have previously fired on targets inside Israel.
The Israeli military said it was working to intercept the missile, and air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem, Reuters reported.
Separately, explosions were heard in Isfahan, Iran, and air defences were activated in Tehran, the capital.
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