President Donald Trump says Iran is being “decimated,” while his envoy is “hopeful” for talks this week

Iran’s latest retaliatory attacks on US and Israeli facilities in the region reportedly injured at least 12 US troops, while President Donald Trump claims that Iran has been “decimated” and has no capacity to fight back.

As the war enters its second month, the US president told a Saudi-backed investment conference on Friday that there were only “3,554 targets left” to strike in Iran. The US Department of War recently touted the milestone of 10,000 sorties.

While Trump continues to claim that talks with Tehran are ongoing, the Pentagon is reportedly drafting options for a “final blow” against Iran and is considering deploying a third aircraft carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush, to the Middle East.

Iran launched waves of drones and missiles against US and Israeli facilities in the region, including Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, where at least 12 Americans were injured and several KC-135 Stratotanker refuelers were damaged, according to media reports.

Tehran vowed to exact a “heavy price” on its enemies, after two of its largest steel factories, a power plant and civilian nuclear sites – including the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant – came under attack over the past 24 hours.

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Here are the latest developments:

• The Trump administration is hopeful that a meeting with Iranian officials will be held this week, Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, said.

• The UN nuclear watchdog has confirmed that Iran informed it about a new suspected Israeli strike near the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, which would be the third incident in ten days.

• Trump blasted NATO as a “paper tiger” that made a “tremendous mistake,” as it “just wasn’t there” to support US operations against Iran.

• Yemen’s Houthi-led armed forces have warned that their “hands are on the trigger for direct military intervention” if the US and Israel continue to escalate their aggression against Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza.

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