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Iran warned the U.S. and Israel against renewing their attacks on Tehran this week as President Donald Trump’s administration faces fresh challenges on the Iran war from Democrats in Congress.

WHAT TO KNOW

• Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned the U.S. and Israel against renewing attacks on Tehran, saying they have “unfinished jobs” as well.
• Democratic Senators are demanding that the Pentagon hand over information on the “true cost” of the war in Iran this week.
• Qatar is preparing to unveil a regional defense agreement with a number of Middle Easterncountries.
• A top Iranian military official also warned the U.S. and Israel against further “miscalculation,” saying Iran’s resolve still stands.
• President Donald Trump has urged the Israeli people to re-elect Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or else the U.S. will have to “finish the job” alone against Iran.
• President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has stayed out of the U.S. conflict with Iran, calling Moscow’s restraint a positive development as negotiations over the war in Ukraine continue.
• War Secretary Pete Hegseth met privately with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on Monday.
• Chinese Premier Li Qiang condemned the U.S.-Israeli military strikes against Iran and pledged support for Tehran’s rights during a meeting with Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref.
• Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday for talks focused on bilateral relations and the situation in the Middle East.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he and U.S. President Donald Trump would eliminate “the Iranian threat,” sharing a video of their phone conversation on X.

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Trump blasts Iran over American deaths, protester executions: ‘They hang them by cranes’

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President Donald Trump slammed Iran on Monday, accusing the regime of killing Americans with roadside bombs and hanging protesters from cranes.

“They wanted me to guarantee that we won’t kill them like we killed the others,” Trump said of the Iranian regime.

“And you know why? Because they’ve killed a lot of Americans with their roadside bombs over the years,” Trump said during remarks in Kansas.

“Soleimani was killed. You know Soleimani by me in the first term, Soleimani was killed,” Trump said, referring to Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in 2020.

“But they did a lot of a lot of killing. They did a lot of killing. And by the way, in the last eight months, they’ve killed 75,000 minimum protesters,” Trump said.

“Somebody said, I wonder why they don’t protest. Well, well, it’s a little hard when you got machine guns at the end of the street shooting you down,” he continued.

“They hang them by cranes. They hang up by cranes for all to see. A very, sad thing. Rough group,” Trump added.

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