Iran

Time - Iranian officials warned the U.S. and Israel of “crushing, broader, and more destructive” attacks following President Donald Trump’s national address, during which he said America is close to achieving its core military objectives but threatened to hit Iran “extremely hard” over the next two to three weeks.

“You must pay the price for the aggression you initiated to the honorable, dear, and Muslim nation," said Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperson for the Iranian military. “You know nothing about our very extensive and strategic capacities."

Five takeaways from President Trump’s address on Iran

Paul Waldman, MS NOW - In a primetime address from the White House, a decidedly lethargic president argued both that the war was necessary — lest Iran rain destruction down on America and much of the world — and that the war is going great and will soon be over. If there is anyone not already on board with Trump’s war who would have been convinced by that speech, it’s hard to imagine who and where they are.

The speech featured many of Trump’s familiar rhetorical tics. The military, he said, has delivered “victories like few people had ever seen before,” while Iran was about to obtain “a nuclear weapon like nobody’s ever seen before.” Everyone, apparently, is in awe: “The whole world is watching, and they can’t believe the power, strength, and brilliance, they just can’t believe what they’re seeing.” And before you know it, the war will be just a memory. “We are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly, very shortly. We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We're going to bring them back to the stone ages, where they belong.” More