President Donald Trump boasted on Sunday that 48 Iranian leaders had been wiped out ‘in one shot’ after confirming to the world Saturday that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was dead.
He also said in a Truth Social post that US forces ‘destroyed and sunk’ 9 Iranian Navy ships.
‘We are going after the rest – They will soon be floating at the bottom of the sea, also! In a different attack, we largely destroyed their Naval Headquarters. Other than that, their Navy is doing very well!’ Trump wrote.
At the same time, Trump said he’s ‘agreed’ to talk to the country’s potential new leadership.
Trump made the boast about the US killing dozens of top Iranian leaders on a phone call with Fox News Channel’s Jacqui Heinrich, also telling the reporter that he knows how many targets are left to hit.
The President additionally said that Operation Epic Fury is moving along ‘rapidly.’
Trump told the Atlantic Sunday morning that new talks could be coming soon.
‘They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them,’ the President said. ‘They should have done it sooner. They should have given what was very practical and easy to do sooner. They waited too long.’
Early Saturday morning, US and Israeli forces unleashed a torrid of attacks on Iran, with the Islamic regime retaliating by sending missiles and drones toward Israel and at a number of Arab partners of the US – including Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
The Iranians also targeted Saudi Arabia, which doesn’t have diplomatic relations with Israel, but whose leadership is close to Trump and his family.
Three American servicemembers have been killed in the fighting.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
President Donald Trump announced the Iran strikes overnight Saturday. On Sunday he boasted that 48 leaders of the oppressive Iranian regime had been killed
