- Donald Trump declared his wish for Iran to be a free and safe country.
- The United States and Israel launched a joint military operation against Iran.
- Trump declared that the goal of the operation is to achieve freedom for Iranians.
US President Donald Trump wants Iran to be a free and safe country. He said this in a short telephone interview with The Washington Post. Later according to sources of the news server Axios is preparing a speech to the nation, TASR informs, according to a BBC report.
This is how Trump commented on the joint military operation of the US and Israel, which was launched on Saturday against Iran with the declared aim of eliminating the “existential threat” from the regime there. “All I want is freedom for the people,” Trump told the US daily shortly after 10:00 a.m. CET on Saturday. “I want a safe country – and that’s exactly what we will achieve,” he answered further when asked what he expected from the ongoing operation.
Earlier, the head of the White House published a post on his Truth Social network, in which he told the Iranians to take over the government after the end of the military intervention in Iran. “The hour of your freedom is approaching,” he said, adding that Iranians now have perhaps their only chance in generations. According to Axios, Trump is planning to address the nation on Saturday morning local time. The exact time was not immediately known.
The US has amassed a large military force in the Middle East in recent weeks including two aircraft carriers escorting other vessels and dozens of fighter and support aircraft. US President Donald Trump initially threatened Iran with intervention for the violent suppression of anti-government protests. Later, however, he began to press Iran to accede to an agreement on its nuclear program.
