Trump says Iran has ‘22%’ of missiles left

2 days ago 1
ARTICLE AD BOX
President Donald Trump speaks durning a Cabinet gathering  astatine  the White House successful  Washington. File.

President Donald Trump speaks durning a Cabinet gathering astatine the White House successful Washington. File. | Photo Credit: AP

Iran inactive has "21, 22%" of its missiles left, U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Friday (June 5, 2026), successful a week successful which Tehran fired dozens of them toward determination neighbors, despite a sputtering ceasefire.

"They inactive person capacity. They person immoderate missiles, they person immoderate drones. I would say, percent wise, possibly 21, 22% of their missiles," Mr. Trump told NBC News successful an interview.

That fig for Iran's rocket stockpile is higher than 1 of 18% Mr. Trump gave successful May. He has often claimed to person wholly destroyed Iran's war-fighting capacity.

Iran's subject said connected Friday (June 5, 2026) it had fired "warning missiles" astatine 2 U.S. destroyers successful the Gulf of Oman — a assertion promptly denied by the U.S. military. Two days earlier, Kuwait said it had intercepted 30 ballistic missiles fired arsenic portion of "heinous Iranian aggression."

Published - June 06, 2026 06:40 americium IST

Read Entire Article