US President Donald Trump says Iran has “taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them. Now they will have to pay the price!”
The Truth Social post suggests that the US may attack Iran again, after carrying out strikes overnight in retaliation for the downing of an American military helicopter.
Iran responded with strikes on several US military bases in the region.
Trump, nonetheless, insists in his post that Iran is in a very weak position. “Iran’s military is a complete and total mess. Much of it, like their navy and air force, doesn’t even exist anymore. They have been completely defeated. Iran is all talk and no action. The bully of the Middle East is DEAD!”
UN to send investigators to Lebanon over potential law breaches, rights chief says
The UN human rights office will deploy a team of investigators to Lebanon next week to assess potential violations of international law by all parties during the current war in the country between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group, UN human rights chief Volker Türk says.
“It’s the first time that we are sending this assessment mission, and the idea is indeed to look at violations by all parties — violations of international law, violations of international human rights law, and to document this, and eventually to report back to you on our findings,” Turk says.
Fighting has continued in Lebanon despite repeated declarations of a ceasefire amid direct talks between Jerusalem and Beirut backed by Washington.
Herzog in Arabic message to Lebanese counterpart: ‘Secure Lebanon’s freedom’ from Hezbollah, Iran
In an apparent first for an Israeli president, Isaac Herzog sends an Arabic-language message to Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, telling his counterpart that he hopes for “peace” between their countries but that this depends on Beirut curbing the influence of Iran and Hezbollah.
“I extend a hand of peace to the president of Lebanon and to the Lebanese people. But it is your responsibility to secure Lebanon’s freedom from the dictates of Hezbollah, Iran, and terrorist organizations, so that it may preserve its status as a sovereign and independent state,” Herzog says in a video released by his office, during a tour of Israel’s northern border.
“My dream is to travel to Beirut, and this dream is still alive, but only if Lebanon’s future is determined in Beirut, and not in Tehran,” Herzog adds.
The appeal signals the increasingly open nature of communication between Israel and Lebanon amid ongoing US-hosted direct talks between the two countries, though a long-term agreement has proved difficult to reach: Iran continues to insist that a truce between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon be part of any ceasefire deal with the US, while the Lebanese Armed Forces appear unable to keep the Hezbollah in check.
Switching to English, Herzog accuses the Iran-backed terror group of violating Israel’s 2006 and 2024 ceasefire agreements with Lebanon, saying Israel “cannot accept any attacks on our citizens, any attacks crossing our borders, any terror attacks. We have the full right to defend ourselves, and so long as there is no clear arrangement that protects our nation, it will be impossible to move forward.”
Trump says he may order new strikes on Iran’s power plants and bridges
US President Donald Trump says he may order fresh strikes on Iran’s power plants and bridges, saying that Tehran is taking too long to reach a deal.
“I may keep going,” he says in comments in a phone interview, cited by Fox News. “They had a chance to sign a deal and survive.”
The reported comments come shortly after the US president said on Truth Social that Iran has “taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them. Now they will have to pay the price!”
Overnight, the US carried out strikes on Iran in retaliation for the downing of an American military helicopter. Iran responded with strikes on several US military bases in the region.
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