— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iranian analyst when asked to comment on Trump’s latest statement:

‘Why was an American military helicopter flying in Iran’s backyard?

Tell me, what would have happened if an Iranian helicopter flew in the San Francisco Bay?’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump to ABC News:

‘If Iran’s people keep being stupid, we'll end up in something where we have to wipe out the infrastructure of an entire nation’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump: ‘We are going to get half of Iran’s oil’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Multiple planes have left airports in Tehran to temporarily relocate to various airports in Asia, as a precautionary measure

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 NEW: Very loud sounds of U.S. aviation in Iraqi Kurdistan

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Yeah Caitlin, why was it there?

Why is an American helicopter in the PERSIAN Gulf?

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 High-ranking Iranian official to Al-Jazeera:

‘The American Apache helicopter was not flying over international waters. The Strait of Hormuz is Iranian waters.

We will respond decisively and immediately to any U.S. attack on Iran.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 High-ranking Iranian official to Al-Jazeera:

‘As our foreign minister said, if the U.S. does not want such unfortunate incidents, they should simply leave’

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—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: Iranian fighter jets have been scrambled

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇶 NEW: Iranian drones targeted Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan

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Kurds every time anything happens

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: CNN claims an Iranian Shahed-136 drone ‘collided’ with the Apache helicopter

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NOTE: A Shahed variant capable of being used as an aerial interceptor does exist, and was marketed to Russia a while ago

However, I doubt Iran used that against the Apache. It was probably nothing more than an accident.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: President Trump says the Apache incident is ‘not a big deal’

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Soon he will say that, at the request of Pakistan, he has decided not to attack.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Reporter: ‘You said the U.S. must respond to the Apache shootdown, do you still feel that way?’

President Trump: ‘I don’t have to do anything. We hold all the cards. I don’t have to do it—but look, we probably will, okay? They can’t be doing that.’

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—❗️🇾🇪/🇮🇱 NEW: Initial reports of a ballistic missile launch from Yemen to Israel

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The missile failed during flight.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Vice President J.D. Vance says Iran and U.S. are very close to a deal, and it could come in ‘weeks or months’

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— 🇮🇱/🇾🇪 UPDATE: The IDF claims it was a false identification and no launch took place

However, it’s still possible that it was indeed a failed launch, as two Yemeni missiles also fell short recently.

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