Pentagon sending USS Tripoli, a Marine Amphibious Ready Group, and the 31st MEU to the Middle East with about 2,500 U.S. Marines, a defense official confirms to newsmen. The ship is based in Japan and could arrive in 1–2 weeks.
According to an AFP report, Trump's government has offers $10 million reward for information on top Iranian leaders.
Meanwhile, Iranian officials led a pro-government rally in Tehran as explosions rocked the city on Friday, while the United States vowed it would intensify strikes in the coming hours and days. Trump said it was his "honour" to be killing the Islamic republic's leaders calling them "deranged scumbags".
The United States will be hitting Iran hard over the "over the next week", Trump told Fox News Radio.
US President Donald Trump has said in an interview with Fox News Radio that he suspected Russian leader Vladimir Putin was aiding Iran in the war against the United States and Israel.
"I think he might be helping him a little bit, yeah, I guess. And he probably thinks we're helping Ukraine, right?" Trump said in an interview that aired Friday.
Several US media outlets have reported that Russia has provided targeting information to Iran for attacking US forces during the ongoing conflict.
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