▲ U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House on June 10 (local time).
As U.S. military strikes against Iran entered their second day on June 10 (local time), U.S. President Donald Trump announced that 49 Tomahawk missiles were used to target locations including areas near the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Fox News reporter Trey Yingst stated that President Trump told him during a phone interview that U.S. warplanes had launched 49 Tomahawk missiles at Iranian targets that day.
In the interview, President Trump said, "We hit them very hard tonight," adding that the strikes were "vicious and violent," according to Yingst.
Yingst reported that President Trump disclosed some of the targets were located as close as 40 miles (about 65 km) from the capital, Tehran, while others were situated along Iran's western coast bordering the Persian Gulf.
President Trump noted that the bombing of Iran would stop for the day, but when asked what would happen if Iran did not sign the agreement proposed by the U.S. negotiating team, he replied, "We will bomb them and crush them tomorrow night," Yingst reported.
President Trump also claimed in the phone interview that he had spoken directly with Iranian officials, who had requested that he halt the airstrikes.
However, Iranian state media denied the contents of the interview, stating that there had been no communication between Iranian officials and President Trump.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East, announced on X that it had "initiated additional self-defense strikes against multiple targets within Iran at 5:15 p.m. Eastern Time today (6:15 a.m. KST on June 11)."
The additional U.S. strikes against Iran were carried out approximately five hours after President Trump met with reporters at the White House and warned that he would "hit Iran even harder again today."
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