Trump issues sharp warning to Iran as diplomacy dissolves after US-Saudi strikes
By Sana Noor Haq
US President Donald Trump warned Tehran was “going to get a beating” for an attempted Iranian attack on US forces in the Middle East. Speaking to Fox News today, the US president said, “We are going to beat the f**king sh*t out of them.”
It comes hours after joint strikes by Washington and Riyadh against Iran-backed militias in Iraq, in response to attacks on US forces and Saudi oil facilities, fracturing tenuous diplomacy.
Trump added that the US coordinated with Iraqi officials before the assault on Iran-aligned militias in Iraq. Meanwhile, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi postponed a planned trip to Riyadh, citing “today’s events.”
The US-Saudi strikes triggered fierce criticism from multiple wings of the Iraqi political body, with former Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani cautioning against a “dangerous overstep of the principle of Islamic brotherhood.” The Iran-aligned Iraqi militia targeted in the salvo — the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) — echoed warnings of a “highly dangerous escalation.”
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