US President Donald Trump has said he is “very disappointed” with NATO’s response to the war on Iran. Speaking at a business conference, Trump said: “I’ve always said NATO is a paper tiger. And I always said we help NATO, but they’ll never help us.”
Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that a “heavy price” will be exacted after Israel attacked two civilian nuclear sites and steel factories, while Iran’s military warned the US and Israel that they are “playing with fire” by attacking Iran’s energy infrastructure.
However, Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation said there was no leakage of radioactive material from the attack on the Ardakan yellowcake production plant, which was attacked alongside the Khondab heavy-water facility.
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has stated that the US can achieve its war goals “without any ground troops”, and the end of the war is “weeks, not months away”.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said he will meet with Egyptian, Saudi and Pakistani counterparts in Pakistan over the weekend to discuss the US-Israel war on Iran.
Lebanon’s Ministry of Health says 1,142 people have been killed and 3,315 injured in Israeli attacks across the country since March 2.–Al Jazeera
