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President Trump announces plans to resume intensive airstrikes against Iran following an Iranian attack on U.S. forces in Jordan.
President Trump said Friday he plans to resume heavy military strikes against Iran, vowing to hit the country "very hard" and predicting the regime would eventually "peter out," marking a sharp reversal from his insistence earlier this week that "very friendly negotiations" were under way.
U.S. forces launched a heavy wave of strikes targeting dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sites inside Iran late Wednesday in retaliation for Iran’s attempted ballistic missile attack on American forces in Jordan, the U.S. military said.
President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States paused airstrikes on Iran at Tehran's request, but Iran's Foreign Ministry denied any new bilateral negotiations, saying it is only holding talks with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz.