Iran Rejects Trump’s Call for ‘Surrender’ in War With Israel
President Trump did not rule out U.S. military intervention on behalf of Israel, saying, “Nobody knows what I’m going to do.”
President Trump did not rule out U.S. military intervention on behalf of Israel, saying, “Nobody knows what I’m going to do.”
Wealthy Gulf countries are alarmed and anxious about Israel and Iran’s new war.
Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini, a descendant of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, told The Times that the legacy of his family name was at stake in the conflict.
They rose more than 4 percent as traders wondered if the United States would take a more active role in the conflict between Israel and Iran.
The decision to launch a full-on attack on Iran would be in the gray area between the president’s powers as commander in chief and the Constitution’s mandate that only Congress can declare war.
Maj. Gen. Ali Shadmani had been in the job for mere days. News of his death came as President Trump called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” and threatened its supreme leader.
American commanders have put troops on high alert throughout the region as fears of a wider war grow.
A bipartisan pair in the House and a Democrat in the Senate have moved to force votes in the coming days on requiring congressional approval before U.S. troops could take offensive action against Iran.
Israel’s military campaign reminds some of America’s ill-fated Middle East interventions, which President Trump has long denounced.
The president wrote in a social media post that the United States knew his location.