On the 31st, U.S. President Trump posted a statement on social media, declaring wildly: "Iran has officially become a failed country. It is dead!"
Trump claimed, “They (Iran) have no navy, no air force, no currency. They can’t pay military salaries or police wages. The inflation rate is as high as 300%, and the leadership is completely in chaos, making it impossible for them to represent the country properly.”
Earlier that day, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi stated that Iran does not seek war, but will respond decisively in the face of aggression.
On the same day, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the military stated that in response to the US attacks on the Iranian island of Larak, Iran launched attacks against US targets in Jordan and the UAE, and also downed a US MQ-9 drone.
