US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) said that the American forces carried out strikes on Iran across three consecutive nights in response to attacks on commercial shipping, claiming that the US repeatedly destroyed Iranian radar systems and escorted commercial oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz to prevent disruptions to global energy supplies.
Speaking in an interview with CNBC's Joe Kernen, Trump said, "We blew up Iran's radar; they had no radar, they still don't. We blew it up again the other night. They had a nice new radar; they were all set to go, and we blew it up last week. They have to start all over again for a third time."
