Trump Vows To Hit Iran "Very Hard" If Tehran Behind flydubai Incident
US President Donald Trump threatened Iran with severe retaliation, including being "hit very hard" and "annihilated," if Tehran is found responsible for an alleged co-pilot attack on a flydubai flight to Israel. Trump also discussed the possibility of resuming bombing Iran after the US midterm elections, linking these threats to preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons and the ongoing Iran war.
Why it matters
This article highlights escalating tensions between the US and Iran, with potential implications for regional stability in the Middle East and global oil prices, as well as the upcoming US midterm elections.
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Tehran was likely involved in an attack by a pilot on a flydubai flight to Israel and that Iran would be "hit very hard" if it was.The co-pilot allegedly assaulted the captain before passengers managed to save the plane from crashing. Israel's prime minister said the man had undergone "Islamist radical indoctrination.""I would say the answer, based on what I'm hearing, is yes but we're working on it right now," Trump said when asked by reporters at the White House whether Iran was involved in the incident on the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.On whether the United States would retaliate against Iran if it was responsible for the attack, Trump replied: "Oh, they'll be hit very hard, don't worry."The US leader's threat of retaliation came as he took a harsher tone on the stalled Iran war overall.Trump was quoted as saying in…
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