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U.S. President Donald Trump issued a blunt threat and profanity-laced warning on Sunday to strike Iranian power plants and bridges, demanding Tehran reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
"Tuesday will be Power Plant Day and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fu**** ' Strait, you crazy bas*****, or you'll be living in Hell—JUST WATCH!," Trump stated in a post on Truth Social.
"Praise be to Allah," he concluded.
Trump’s statement, which included an Islamic phrase used sarcastically along with profanity, could provoke backlash from Muslim audiences given that he is currently at war with a Muslim country.
Iran has restricted the movement of ships through the Strait of Hormuz since the conflict escalated, threatening global energy flows and supply chains.
Iran claimed Sunday that it shot down two U.S. C-130 support aircraft and two Black Hawk helicopters in Isfahan, southern Iran.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement carried by state news agency IRNA that the aircraft were destroyed during a U.S. mission to recover the second crew member of a downed F-15 fighter jet.
The semi-official Tasnim News Agency, citing Iranian police, earlier claimed a U.S. C-130 support aircraft was destroyed "by heavy fire from a police special forces unit."
State-run Press TV shared photos on Telegram purportedly showing wreckage from the downed plane.
Some initial U.S. reports on social media claimed that during the rescue operation, U.S. forces destroyed their own aircraft rather than allow it to "fall into Iranian hands." Fox News reported that several U.S. service members were injured during the mission.
No official statement has been issued by the U.S. regarding any of the Iranian claims.
According to Iran's Defa Press Agency, Iranian law enforcement special units destroyed several U.S. assets during the operation, including a special operations HC-130 aircraft, two Black Hawk helicopters and multiple drones.
Following the initial clashes, fighting reportedly continued on the ground between Iranian units and surviving or supporting U.S. personnel, the agency added.
Iran has launched at least 5,850 missile and drone strikes on U.S. bases and critical targets across seven Arab countries, predominantly in the Gulf region, since Feb. 28, according to data compiled by Türkiye's state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) from defense ministries and information centers of the affected countries.
The conflict began when the U.S. and Israel launched a joint military offensive against Iran on Feb. 28, killing more than 1,340 people to date, including then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Tehran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, as well as Jordan, Iraq and Gulf countries hosting U.S. military assets.
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