President Trump told reporters Tuesday he expects U.S. operations in Iran to wrap up in “two weeks, maybe three.”
Earlier Tuesday, the president told CBS News’ Weijia Jiang he’s not ready “quite yet” to abandon efforts to force Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping traffic.
Mr. Trump will deliver an “important update on Iran” in a Wednesday night prime-time address, the White House says.
After he renewed his threat to attack Iran’s civilian energy and water infrastructure if no deal is reached to end the war, Iranian state media said a water desalination plant on an island near the Strait of Hormuz was out of commission after being hit.
Energy markets continued to convulse over uncertainty about the war, sending the average price of a gallon of gas in the U.S. over $4 for the first time in almost four years as a massive tanker loaded with crude was hit by an Iranian drone off Dubai’s coast.
American journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped in Baghdad. A State Department official said a person linked to the Iran-backed militia group Kata’ib Hezbollah is believed to have been involved.
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Missiles apparently hit former U.S. Embassy compound in Tehran
An airstrike in Iran’s capital, Tehran, on Wednesday morning appears to have struck inside the former U.S. Embassy compound.
The embassy has been controlled by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard since the 1979 hostage crisis. Its all-volunteer Basij force operates the compound, running an anti-American museum inside the embassy and other in new buildings on its grounds.
Witnesses saw blown-out windows surrounding the massive compound on Tehran’s Taleghani Street. However, there was no missile strike visible around the compound, with witnesses saying they believe the strike happened inside the compound.
The 444-day hostage crisis saw American diplomats held until President Ronald Reagan took office from President Jimmy Carter in 1981.
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