Trump Drops Iran War Update in New Video: 'Lay Down Your Arms or Face Death'

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• military actions?The video was released hours after US Central Command announced the deaths of three Americans.
• "As one nation, we grieve for the true American patriots who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation, even as we continue the righteous mission for which they gave their lives," Trump said.
• He added that the United States would do "everything possible" to prevent further casualties, but warned: "America will avenge their deaths and deliver the most punishing blow to the terrorists who have waged war against basically, civilization." Trump repeated that the US would not allow Iran to develop long-range missiles or nuclear weapons.
• He also called on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iranian military and police "to lay down your arms and receive full immunity, or face certain death." Latest Developments in Iran War A day after a joint US-Israeli operation unleashed a wave of bombing across Iran and killed the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the attacks intensified on Sunday by land and sea.
• Iran launched retaliatory strikes against Israel and several Persian Gulf countries, while the United States said it had hit more than 1,000 targets in Iran and confirmed its first casualties of the conflict.