Middle East crisis live: oil prices climb after Trump defends Iran war in address to the nation
President used speech to justify the war and offer a timeline for its completion, as he faces falling poll numbers and a global energy crisis
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‘We have all the cards’: Trump says US war on Iran ‘nearing completion’
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Israel hits Iran with waves of attacks and says it killed top Hezbollah commander
Trump has claimed that Iran was “right at the doorstep” of gaining a nuclear weapon.
Earlier on Wednesday the president said he did not care about Iran’s stock of highly enriched uranium (HEU), arguing it was deep underground and could be monitored by satellite.
From the very beginning my campaign for president in 2015, I said I would never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. This regime has been chanting death to America, death to Israel.
Source: Theguardian.com
Original source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/02/middle-east-crisis-live-trump-prime-time-address-white-house-iran-war-israel-strait-hormuz
