On Friday, President Donald Trump told reporters that no United States military personnel have been killed in the past seven months of heightened tensions with Iran, insisting that Washington was not engaged in a war with the Tehran regime.
Trump contrasted the situation with the ongoing Russia‑Ukraine conflict, stating, “We’re not fighting,” and described the U.S. response as “the greatest blockade in military history” against Iran.
The president also said that progress had been made in talks with Iran, adding that Tehran was “interested in reaching an agreement.” He added, “We’re dealing with them now. They want to make a deal,” and that “we’ve made a lot of progress with Iran,” without providing further details.
Trump acknowledged that U.S. forces had carried out limited strikes against Iranian military equipment, claiming that a newly developed Iranian air‑defence system was destroyed within minutes. “They built a little bit of an anti‑aircraft device, and we knocked it out in about 15 minutes, maybe five,” he said, without identifying the location or date of the operation.
He also asserted that Iran’s navy had been destroyed and that the country was experiencing an inflation rate of 300 percent, though no additional context or verification was offered.
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