Trump issues fiery new threat against Iran as details of US aviators rescue emerge
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — U. S. President Donald Trump on Sunday made expletive-laden new threats to escalate strikes on Iran and its infrastructure if it doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz by his deadline, after American forces rescued an aviator whose Iran-downed plane fell behind enemy lines. A defiant Iran struck infrastructure targets in neighboring Gulf Arab countries, challenged the U. S. account of the rescue and threatened to restrict another heavily used waterway in the region, the Bab In...
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