The United States is going to be striking Iran “very hard tonight,” President Donald Trump said on June 11.
U.S. forces will be hitting Iran later Thursday, Trump wrote on Truth Social at 8:22 a.m. ET.
Trump Says US to Hit Iran ‘Very Hard,’ Plans to Seize Key Oil Depot Kharg Island
The president said the strikes would start within hours. He warned the U.S. will take control of Iran’s oil and gas industries ‘in the not too distant future.’
An oil facility is seen at Khark Island, Iran, on the shore of the Gulf, on March 12, 2017. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
