Iran has stated it is prepared to \u2018welcome\u2019 an American ground\ninvasion, as the United States Central Command (Centcom) reported a\nninth consecutive strike against the country following the deaths of\nAmerican soldiers in Jordan and Iraq last weekend. Iranian Foreign\nMinistry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the nation\u2019s leadership is\ncounting down the minutes to receive US forces in any ground assault.\n\u2018Our people are counting down the minutes to welcome American forces in\nthe event of a ground attack,\u2019 he stated yesterday. He added that the\ntext of a temporary agreement mediated by Pakistan and signed with the\nUS in June is \u2018very clear\u2019, and that there is no reason for Washington\nto violate the accord.<\/p>\n
In the early hours of Monday, the US military claimed in a post on X\nthat its strikes targeted Iran\u2019s military command centres, air defences\nand coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone\nlaunch sites, and communication networks. It added that the new strikes\naim to further diminish Iran\u2019s ability to attack commercial vessels and\ncivilian sailors transiting the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald\nTrump said the latest \u2018very hard\u2019 strikes were conducted to honour three\nAmerican military members killed in recent days. \u2018We hit them very hard\nagain tonight, and we did it to honour, maybe three, maybe three great\npatriots,\u2019 he told reporters.<\/p>\n
He claimed Iran has suffered \u2018very severe\u2019 damage, nearly losing\neverything militarily. \u2018They have some missiles, some drones, some\nmanufacturing capability, not much.\u2019 When asked about military\ncasualties, Trump expressed deep sorrow, adding that they died fighting\nto prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Centcom said one\nAmerican soldier was killed in northern Iraq on Saturday due to a\ncontrolled explosion of unexploded ordnance from a downed attack drone.\nAt least two other US military members died after an Iranian attack on a\nUS base in Jordan on Friday. US officials confirmed on Monday that\nLieutenant Tyler James Feehan, 25, from Hawaii, and Private Isabella\nGonzales, 19, from Texas, were killed following an enemy attack on 17\nJuly at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base.<\/p>\n
Shortly after the Centcom announcement, Iranian state media reported\nexplosions across the country, including the southern cities of Bandar\nMahshahr, Bandar Imam Khomeini and Chabahar, as well as the northwestern\ncity of Tabriz. According to Iran\u2019s semi-official Mehr news agency, one\nperson was killed and several others injured southwest of Tabriz. Later\non Monday, Iranian state news media reported strikes targeting several\nlocations in the southern port city of Bushehr, where the country\u2019s\ncivilian nuclear power plant is situated. \u2018A few minutes ago, several\nlocations in the city of Bushehr were hit by American enemy\nprojectiles,\u2019 said Bushehr Governor Mohammad Mozaffari, adding that the\nscope and extent of the attack were under investigation.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/iran-claims-readiness-for-us-ground-invasion-amid-escalating-strikes-1784616807", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }