⚡President Donald Trump on Tuesday, September 17, in remarks at a ceremony on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, said, referring to a military operation involving the Islamic Republic, that the Iranian government was seeking to obtain nuclear weapons and “was very close to doing so,” but that the United States prevented it.

President Trump emphasized that the Islamic Republic would “never” obtain nuclear weapons and, continuing to refer to the U.S. military capability and the effectiveness of the naval blockade against the Islamic Republic, said that the U.S. army is very powerful.