Trump urges Iran to "make a deal, before there is nothing left"

Rubio: U.S. not progressive successful strikes connected Iran

Rubio says U.S. not progressive successful Israel's strikes against Iran 05:17

Washington — President Trump connected Friday urged Iran to "make a deal, earlier determination is thing left" aft Israel launched astir 200 strikes connected Iranian atomic facilities, elder subject leaders and probe scientists, the opening attacks successful what Israeli officials said is portion of a large cognition against Iran.

Iran launched barrages of missiles against targets successful Israel successful retaliation connected Friday, and the U.S. helped Israel intercept the missiles, U.S. officials confirmed. 

Earlier successful the day, Mr. Trump urged Iran to agree to caller restrictions connected its atomic programme portion it inactive can. The president has antecedently said Iran cannot beryllium allowed to enrich uranium, a word Iran has not been consenting to accept. Mr. Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu connected Friday, a White House authoritative said. 

"There has already been large decease and destruction, but determination is inactive clip to marque this slaughter, with the adjacent already planned attacks being adjacent much brutal, travel to an end," Mr. Trump said successful 1 station to his societal media site, Truth Social, "Iran indispensable marque a deal, earlier determination is thing left, and prevention what was erstwhile known arsenic the Iranian Empire. No much death, nary much destruction, JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE."

The president said helium had warned Iran astir what would travel if it failed to scope a woody connected its atomic program. 

"I told them it would beryllium overmuch worse than thing they know, anticipated, oregon were told, that the United States makes the champion and astir lethal subject instrumentality anyplace successful the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a batch of it, with overmuch much to travel - And they cognize however to usage it," helium continued. "Certain Iranian hardliner's spoke bravely, but they didn't cognize what was astir to happen. They are each DEAD now, and it volition lone get worse!"

When the Wall Street Journal asked Mr. Trump Friday greeting if the U.S. was notified up of the attack, the president responded, "Heads-up? It wasn't a heads-up. It was, we cognize what's going on." In a second Truth Social post, Mr. Trump suggested that helium would springiness Iran a "second chance" to hold to limits connected its atomic programme aft initially mounting a 60-day deadline.

Steve Witkoff, the president's Middle East envoy, was acceptable to clasp a sixth circular of talks with Iran successful the Gulf authorities of Oman connected Sunday. 

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. was not progressive successful Israel's airstrikes connected Iran, but helium delivered a informing to Tehran: "Iran should not people U.S. interests oregon personnel."

In a video statement, Netanyahi dubbed the onslaught "Operation Rising Lion" and said it is simply a targeted subject cognition "to rotation backmost the Iranian menace to Israel's precise survival." Iranian authorities tv said the caput of its Revolution Guard Corps, Hossein Salami, and Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, main of the unit of the Iranian Armed Forces, were killed successful the strikes.

Netanyahu said the battle "will proceed for arsenic galore days arsenic it takes to region this threat."

Iran took its ain retaliatory enactment Friday, launching much than 100 drones at Israel, the Israeli subject said. But Brigadier General Effie Defrin, spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces, said the country's aerial defenses were "working to intercept the threats." Iran's ultimate person connected Friday said Israel volition will not stay unscathed. 

House Speaker Mike Johnson voiced his enactment for Israel connected Friday morning, saying the U.S. state was "clearly wrong their right" to bash what they did. He is set to address Israel's parliament, known arsenic the Knesset, successful Jerusalem connected June 22. 

"Israel and the United States person been united, including successful our shared insistence that Iran indispensable ne'er get a atomic weapon," Johnson wrote on X. "President Trump and his medication person worked tirelessly to guarantee that outcome. Unfortunately, Iran has refused to hold and adjacent declared yesterday its intent to physique a caller enrichment facility. Israel decided it needed to instrumentality enactment to support itself. They were intelligibly wrong their close to bash so. Iran volition look sedate consequences if it responds by unjustifiably targeting U.S. interests."

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the apical Democrat connected the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called Israel's strikes "an escalation that is profoundly concerning and volition inevitably invitation counterattacks" and said the Trump medication "must rapidly determination to deescalate the situation." 

"This risks not lone U.S. negotiations with Iran, but the information of American work members, diplomats, their families and ex-pats astir the region," she said successful a statement. "I hold with President Trump's instinct to region the U.S. from Israel's actions, but Iran and its proxies are improbable to differentiate the U.S. from Israel."

Jennifer Jacobs contributed to this report.