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A residential building that was damaged after a direct missile strike, launched from Iran, following the announcement of a ceasefire, in Beersheba. Photo: PTI/AP

Israel-Iran conflict LIVE: Trump likens strikes on Iran to US bombing Hiroshima

The US President claimed that without the strikes, the conflict would still be ongoing


US President Donald Trump asserted on Wednesday (June 25) that his weekend strikes on Iran were comparable to the atomic bombings of Japan, arguing both were successful in concluding conflicts, according to a CNN report. During a NATO summit in the Netherlands, Trump said, "I don't want to use an example of Hiroshima. I don't want to use an example of Nagasaki, but that was essentially the same thing that ended that war." He further claimed that without the strikes, the conflict would still be ongoing.

"I don't think they'll ever do it again," Trump said about Iran's nuclear ambitions.

"They just went through hell. I think they've had it. The last thing they want to do is enrich.'He said he was awaiting a report from Israel on the damage assessments from Iran, which he said would vindicate his claims of "total obliteration."

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