Iran: Ready for Anything After Trump Says ‘Whole Civilization Will Die’

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Iran said on Tuesday it was prepared for any eventuality, after President Donald Trump warned “a whole civilization will die” if the Islamic republic did not heed a looming deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking in Budapest, Vice President JD Vance said the United States had tools “that we so far haven’t decided to use” against Iran, without explaining further. The White House later denied Vance was alluding to nuclear weapons, while Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to AFP that “only the president knows where things stand and what he will do”. The statements came…

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