Iran war nears two weeks with no signs of letting up
Here is a roundup of the main developments in the US-Israeli war with Iran on Friday, March 13.
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War nears two weeks as leaders vow to fight on
As the Iran war approached its two-week mark on Friday, the leaders of Iran, Israel and the United States struck defiant tones, even as the conflict claimed thousands of lives, rattled financial markets and sent oil prices soaring.
In his first public comments, read on state television, new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed and warned neighboring countries to shut US bases or risk being targeted.
„I assure everyone that we will not neglect avenging the blood of your martyrs,” he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, saying the campaign is meant to help Iranians topple their leadership.
„We are creating the optimal conditions for toppling the regime but I won’t deny that I can’t tell you with all certainty that the people of Iran will topple the regime — a regime is toppled from the inside,” Netanyahu said. ”But we can definitely help and we are helping.”
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said the United States and Israel had already „won” the war and argued that higher oil prices would benefit the US as the „largest Oil Producer in the World,” while stressing the need to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
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Thank you for joining us as we bring you the latest on the US-Israeli war with Iran, which has sent oil prices soaring and rattled investors.
On Thursday:
- Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Iran should use choking off Hormuz as leverage
- The IEA said the conflict is unleashing the largest oil supply disruption in history
- US forces lost a KC-135 refueling aircraft over western Iraq
- One French soldier was killed and several others injured in an attack in Iraq’s northern Erbil region
- US energy secretary says military ‘not ready’ to escort tankers in Hormuz
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