Trump threatens Iran with ‘very strong strike’ if role in Flydubai incident is confirmed

Trump threatened Iran with a “very strong strike” if its involvement in an incident involving a Flydubai aircraft is established.

Speaking during an informal exchange with reporters at the White House, he said he believed Iran was involved, while indicating that the matter remained under examination.

“I say the answer is yes, based on what I’m hearing, but we are working on this at this very moment,” Trump said.

His remarks stopped short of confirming Iranian responsibility. He did not specify in the comments what information he had received or what evidence supported his assessment.

The warning made any threatened strike conditional on establishing Iran’s role. The remarks provided no further details about the aircraft incident.