00:00And U.S. strikes Iran. Donald Trump hails the attacks.
00:04U.S. President Donald Trump has posted and I quote,
00:07the United States is, as we speak, striking Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz.
00:11The strikes are large and powerful and in retaliation for the Iranians' failed attempt
00:16at adding sea mines to the strait, which currently has no mines.
00:21They have been completely removed or detonated.
00:23And the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down at a military base in Jordan.
00:29If the failed nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack,
00:33they will be hit once again at a much harder and higher level.
00:37But it will not be the biggest attack of them all that is waiting in the wings.
00:41And when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
00:46So that's the reaction from Donald Trump, who has hailed the latest strikes by the United States.
00:51In fact, he's also threatened and warned Iran that if Iran retaliates,
00:54then there will be a more powerful attack on Iran.
00:57And he claims that Iran was attempting to put mines, sea mines.
01:02And that is why the United States had to conduct these fresh strikes.
01:09My colleague Prane Upadhyay continues to stay with us.
01:12Prane, Donald Trump is hailing these latest strikes and in fact is also threatening Iran
01:17that if it retaliates, there will be more powerful attacks.
01:22In fact, he's also claimed that Iran was trying to deploy sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
01:28And hence, the United States had to carry this attack.
01:32Absolutely, Anjali.
01:33And, you know, I already mentioned the fact that, you know, that is a reason which is being given by
01:40the U.S. military.
01:41And President Donald Trump is not only the President of the United States,
01:44but also he's the Supreme Commander of the U.S. Armed Forces.
01:48So he had to, you know, to hail the military strikes of the U.S. and Com or the U
01:57.S. military against Iranian targets.
02:00And in fact, he's the one who was one of the orders for that.
02:04But the very reason why these strikes have been carried out and why this conflict has cleared up again after,
02:11you know, after almost a month.
02:14Because, you know, the last strikes were carried out by the U.S. military in July.
02:21And now, again, the U.S. military is, you know, targeting the southern coastline or the different areas of Iran.
02:30And that is the reason because, you know, U.S. wants to show that it has actually freed up the
02:38Strait of Hormuz and some kind of solution has arrived.
02:42And in fact, now it is no threat in the Strait of Hormuz because that has become a pressurifying point
02:50even for the United States.
02:52And if you see, the goal has shifted over the course of last six months, right, from the regime change
02:59to degradation of the Iranian military capabilities to the Iranian nuclear program to now the Strait of Hormuz.
03:09And now, in fact, a conflict is revolving around the opening of the Strait of Hormuz because that has become
03:14a pressure point for the United States as well.
03:16Because that is a crucial, you know, ceiling, that is a crucial trade and energy route and that remains disrupted.
03:23And other countries are also asking the United States to give some kind of a solution or get back to
03:30negotiate people to find some kind of a solution.
03:33So that the commercial shipping route is not impeded, it is not disturbed and, you know, some kind of, you
03:42know, some kind of solution should be there.
03:47So that the trade route or the commercial shipping can get back to the business as usual.
04:03But that is the reason why the US military is now carrying out these strikes, especially on the southern coastline,
04:13you know, that is the area from where the so-called threat is being posed on the ships.
04:22And, you know, laying off the sea mines possibly could be done by the Iranian side.
04:29But you see, every US strike is being retaliated by the Iranian military.
04:36And in fact, now, in the last few days, you know, Iran has struck US military races as far as
04:45Jordan.
04:46So, you know, those missiles were intercepted by the U.S. military defense systems.
04:58But still, Iran is able to fire and strike US military bases as far as Jordan.
05:04This lady shows that Iran still has its capability.
05:06All right, Pranay, thank you for those retails and for that context on the latest strikes which have been carried
05:12out by the United States
05:14and are being now hailed by the United States President also threatening Iran that if Iran retaliates for these strikes,
05:22then there will be more powerful strikes that are waiting for Iran.
