Middle East crisis Iran war

Trump Considers Massive Attack on Iran: “They’ve Felt Too Little Pain”

In an interview with Axios, Trump says he is considering attacks on Iran that are even bigger than the ones the US carried out when the war began. He says he has not made a final decision yet, but that he is close.

Trump also says that Iran “wants to negotiate” but is not ready to make a deal yet.

– They haven’t felt enough pain yet, he says.

In a post on his own platform Truth Social, he promises a “major military punishment” for Iran and its allied Houthi rebels, after the Houthis attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea.

In the post, Trump writes that he is “very disappointed” in the Houthis, who “have behaved very professionally and smartly up until now,” according to the president.

Iran stopped ships in Hormuz – US has attacked island

The US has attacked the Iranian island of Qeshm in the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian news agency Tasnim reports according to AFP.

Loud bangs have also been heard in Iranian cities such as Bushehr, Ahvaz and Sirik.

Earlier in the day, Iran's Revolutionary Guards stated that they had stopped three ships from passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Kuwait's military has also stated that a new drone attack was directed at one of the country's border crossings with Iraq. No one is said to have been injured. Kuwait also announced during the night to Thursday that it had activated its air defenses due to Iranian attacks.