President Donald Trump said the US will respond “shortly” after Iran struck an
Israeli oil refinery in Haifa and targeted infrastructure in Kuwait, escalating
the conflict. He indicated Washington will assess within a week whether Iran’s
parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, is willing to engage. Trump
claimed a “total regime change” in Tehran, stating “the other people are all
dead," and said new figures appear "more reasonable." He also said Supreme
Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is likely alive but “in extraordinarily bad shape,”
citing uncertainty over his condition.
