🔶 Trump: The Iron Dome operation against Iran is being carried out with full force

Donald Trump, the U.S. president, said on Sunday evening, 17 Aban (8 November), on his social media platform “Truth Social” that the special operation “Iron Gate against Iran is being carried out with full force.” The U.S. president said this operation, alongside what he called the “largest naval blockade in history,” has meant that “almost nothing enters Iran or leaves this country.”

At the same time as this message, Trump, in an interview with the CBS network, said he does not intend to escalate the war with Iran, but he still defended his decision to attack the Islamic Republic.

In response to a question about the likelihood of escalating the war after the U.S. midterm elections, Trump said: “I do not intend to do that. I don’t think there is any reason for it.”