Trump: U.S. hit anti-aircraft system on Qeshm Island in Iran
Nov. 7 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump told reporters that the United States had hit Qeshm Island in Iran.
He confirmed Friday that U.S. forces had carried out minor strikes to remove an air defense system.
After he landed in West Palm Beach, Fla. he at first said of Iran strikes, "I don't want to talk about it."
He added, "We do minor strikes, but they knock out. They built a little bit of an anti-aircraft device, and we knocked it out in about 15 minutes, maybe five."
Trump's comments came soon after Iranian state media reported two missile strikes in the Suza area of Qeshm Island, which is in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran's state broadcaster IRIB also reported a statement from the Iranian army that said its air defense forces intercepted an American MQ-9 drone over the island, Al Jazeera reported .
The U.S. also struck Qeshm Island on Monday.
It's the first attack since the heavy losses by Republicans in the midterm elections .
Trump also told reporters Friday that Iran wants "to make a deal very badly. They have 300% inflation. Their navy's gone. Their airport, everything's gone, and they want to make a deal."
When a reporter asked him if he wants to end the war soon, he replied, "Well, we have nobody getting hurt, nobody getting killed.
"You know, this is a war that we may have been there for seven months, but we probably fought for three or four weeks, really fought. And again, you look at World War I; that's a war. World War II; that's a war."
On Friday, the Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Bagheri Kani told IRIB that Iran won't settle for "paper commitments," Iran's PressTV reported .
"It is the Islamic Republic of Iran's right not to settle for U.S. commitments on paper when considering entering a new phase of diplomacy," he said. "We must see practical measures by the Americans, and this is only natural. Once these actions are implemented, the groundwork will be laid for a new diplomatic opening."
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's speaker of parliament, posted on X Wednesday about the midterm elections.
"Conscience or the cost of living, Americans said NO TO WAR, and we endorse this message," his post said. "If the U.S. govt betrays their public will to serve international paymasters and blackmailers, it will learn our NO comes with a Nightmare."
CENTCOM also announced a new bounty system that offers up to "$20 million and possible relocation for information about Iran's nuclear program, including its facilities, equipment and associated personnel, such as those in the scientific community or the movement of any of the above," it posted on X Friday evening.
