Iran threatens retaliation after new U.S. strikes
Iran threatened to retaliate against the U.S. after it conducted so-called “self-defense strikes” against Iranian forces on Monday, escalating tensions amid a fragile ceasefire hours after President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the war were “proceeding nicely.” Key facts - Iran’s foreign ministry said Iran “will not leave any act of mischief unanswered and will not hesitate in defending the country’s integrity” in a statement Tuesday accusing the U.S. of violating the ceasefire. - The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also said it “considers its right to retaliate legitimate and definite,” the IRNA state news agency reported Tuesday after the U.S. attacked two Iranian vessels it said were attempting to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and fired on missile-launch sites. - The IRGC said it shot down a U.S. drone and engaged a U.S. fighter jet in the crossfire, IRNA reported. - Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei also said Tuesday the U.S. would no longer have “a safe haven for its mischief…
26 May 00:00 · Inlandnewstoday