'They were going to take over Middle East': Trump says Iran had 1,200 missiles pointed at 4 nations

US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran had positioned astir 1,200 missiles aimed astatine respective Middle Eastern countries arsenic tensions escalate pursuing caller threats from Iran’s recently appointed ultimate person Mojtaba Khamenei.Speaking successful an interrogation connected Fox’s The Brian Kilmeade Show, Trump alleged that Tehran had been preparing to predominate the portion militarily."Iran had thousands of missiles pointed astatine each these Middle Eastern countries for the past 4 months," helium said."They were going to instrumentality implicit the Middle East, they were going to power it all, UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia," Trump said, adding that Iran had "1,200 missiles pointed astatine these countries."

The remarks came soon aft Khamenei issued a connection connected Thursday signalling that Iran would not backmost down from the ongoing struggle with the United States and Israel.“We volition not refrain from avenging the humor of your martyrs,” Khamenei said successful a connection addressed to the Iranian nation.The connection followed reports that Khamenei had been injured and perchance near successful a coma aft US-Israeli strikes connected a compound successful Tehran connected February 28 that killed his father.

Trump besides suggested that Khamenei whitethorn inactive beryllium live contempt speculation implicit his condition.“I deliberation helium astir apt is. I deliberation helium is damaged, but I deliberation he’s astir apt live successful immoderate form, you know,” Trump told Brian Kilmeade successful an interrogation scheduled to aerial Friday astatine 10.06 americium (local time).Addressing concerns astir maritime information successful the region, Trump said vessels should proceed to walk done the Strait of Hormuz, a captious planetary shipping route."Go done the strait of Hormuz and amusement immoderate guts," helium said, adding, "There's thing to beryllium acrophobic of. They person nary Navy and we sunk each their ships."His comments travel amid heightened tensions successful the portion pursuing caller subject exchanges and increasing uncertainty implicit Iran’s enactment aft the strikes.