{"id":101844,"date":"2026-04-05T00:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T00:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/2026\/04\/05\/watch-trump-claims-many-of-irans-military-leaders-killed-in-massive-strike-shares-video\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T00:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T00:08:12","slug":"watch-trump-claims-many-of-irans-military-leaders-killed-in-massive-strike-shares-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/2026\/04\/05\/watch-trump-claims-many-of-irans-military-leaders-killed-in-massive-strike-shares-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Trump claims \u2018many of Iran\u2019s military leaders\u2019 killed in \u2018massive\u2019 strike; shares video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix\">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130029888,imgsize-455723,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/image-xtrumptruthonx.jpg\" alt=\"Watch: Trump claims \u2018many of Iran\u2019s military leaders\u2019 killed in \u2018massive\u2019 strike; shares video\" title=\"Image: X@\/TrumpTruthonX \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>US president Donald Trump said that \u201cmany of Iran\u2019s military leaders\u201d had been \u201cterminated\u201d in what he described as a massive strike in Tehran, sharing video footage showing explosions in the city.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>However, he did not provide further details about the strike or specify its targets.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Trump had earlier warned that \u201call hell would rain down on\u201d Iran if it failed to reach a deal, drawing a similarly strong response from Tehran.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>An Iranian military spokesperson said the entire region would turn into \u201chell\u201d if the United States and Israel continued to escalate the conflict.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>On Saturday, Iran launched another round of missile attacks targeting the Gulf states, Iraq and Israel, with debris from intercepted missiles causing damage.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Meanwhile, US and Iranian forces are searching for a missing American crew member after a US F-15 fighter jet was shot down over southern Iran on Friday. US media reported that the pilot has since been rescued.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Iranian authorities have urged citizens to find the American \u201calive\u201d, offering rewards for his capture.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>A US A-10 Warthog aircraft involved in the search-and-rescue mission for the downed jet was also hit and damaged, although its pilot was safely rescued.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Last week, Trump announced a 10-day pause on attacks on energy facilities to allow Iran time to \u201cmake a deal.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The war began with joint US-Israel strikes on February 28 and has since killed thousands, rattled global markets, disrupted key shipping routes and driven up fuel prices.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Both sides have threatened and carried out attacks on civilian targets, prompting warnings of possible war crimes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/watch-trump-claims-many-of-irans-military-leaders-killed-in-massive-strike-shares-video\/articleshow\/130029871.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US president Donald Trump said that \u201cmany of Iran\u2019s military leaders\u201d had been \u201cterminated\u201d in what he described as a massive strike in Tehran, sharing video footage showing explosions in&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-xtrumptruthonx.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}