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Trump Says Iran Is Developing Missiles that Can Reach US
Trump emphasized Iran's ongoing nuclear weapons development and missile advancements as a key threat to U.S. security and vowed to confront these dangers despite preferring diplomacy.
- On Tuesday during the State of the Union, President Donald Trump warned Iran is seeking missiles that can strike the United States and said, `We haven't heard those secret words: We will never have a nuclear weapon.`
- After last year's strikes, U.S. and Iran resumed diplomacy earlier this month, with the administration warning Tehran about rebuilding its nuclear weapons program, and Witkoff said Iran has enriched uranium up to 60 percent.
- Citing past military action, Trump pointed to the 2020 strike that killed Qassem Soleimani as having a "huge impact" and ordered strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites last year, while the US Congressional Research Service notes Tehran's missiles top out at about 1,850 miles.
- The U.S. tightened its military posture, deploying two aircraft carriers and more than a dozen ships to the Middle East, while Democrats issued rebuttals and Republicans feared losing House control.
- Iranian officials deny weapons ambitions while talks proceed; Abbas Araghchi, Iran's top diplomat, noted a proposal is still being drafted, and the U.S. DIA warns of potential ICBM development by 2035.
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The Independent
The Independent (US)Trump claims Iran ‘building missiles that will reach US’ in rambling address
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The Japan Times
Iran dismisses missile, nuclear claims after Trump alleges 'sinister ambitions'
U.S. President Donald Trump also laid out his case for a possible attack on Iran, saying he would not allow the world's biggest sponsor of terrorism to have a nuclear weapon.
Iran rejects US accusations on its missile program, denouncing "big lies". ...
U.S. President Donald Trump took advantage of his long, long, state of the Union speech this Tuesday for a hagiographic review of his foreign policy, bragging about what he considers to be one of his great achievements—“we are re-establishing U.S. dominance and security in the Western Hemisphere”—and issuing a new warning to Iran, which he has accused of wanting to develop intercontinental missiles that attack this country, as fears that a U.S. …
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