American President Donald Trump released this Monday (4) an image comparing the United States and Iran after two months of war.
In the Iran section, the publication features a photo of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the start of the conflict, with an X and the word “dead”. Other images say that Tehran’s Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Force were destroyed.
The United States part shows Trump and photos indicating that Washington’s Navy, Air Force and Anti-Missile Defense remain “100% operational.”
What is happening in the Middle East?
The United States and Israel are at war with Iran. The conflict began on February 28, when a coordinated attack between the two countries in Tehran.
Several high-ranking officials of the Iranian regime were also killed. Furthermore, the US claims to have as well as air defense systems, planes and other military targets.
In retaliation, the ayatollahs’ regime carried out attackssuch as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq and Oman. Iranian officials say they are targeting only U.S. and Israeli interests in those nations.
More than 1,900 civilians have died in Iran since the start of the war, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. The White House, in turn, recorded at least 13 deaths of American soldiers in direct relation to the Iranian attacks.
The conflict is also . Hezbollah, an armed group backed by Iran, in retaliation for the death of Ali Khamenei. As a result, Israel has carried out aerial offensives against what it says are Hezbollah targets in the neighboring country. More than 2,500 have died on Lebanese territory since then.
With the death of much of its leadership, an Iranian council elected a new supreme leader: . Experts point out that it and represents .
Donald Trump showed dissatisfaction with this choice, . He had said that he would need to be involved in the process and said that Mojtaba would be “unacceptable” to Iran’s leadership.
