Donald Trump orders military to 'open the gates of hell' as three allies fall into Iran's firing line

Donald Trump has shared a report which said he ordered the military to "open the gates of hell" - just as Iran placed three allies into its firing line.

The President, taking to Truth Social, shared the report after he reiterated threats to target Iran's civilian infrastructure.

US Military's Central Command (Centcom) has now announced another round of strikes against Iranian military targets - with Britain withdrawing its embassy staff in Tehran just hours before.

The announcement from Centcom marked the 12th night in a row of US strikes on Iran.

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Earlier on Wednesday, the Commander-in-Chief said: "From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by missile, rocket, drone, or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT, including those located next to, or in, the capital city of Tehran."

On the first day he entered Downing Street, Andy Burnham upheld Sir Keir Starmer's order to allow the US military to use British bases for "defensive" strikes on Iran.

But US military strikes on bridges and civilian infrastructure could risk collapsing British support.

Mr Burnham was briefed on the Iran war before entering No10 and was warned US could escalate strikes on Iran - with Iranian media previously reporting the US had struck six road bridges.

Ed Miliband, now the Foreign Secretary, is said to have led opposition to the use of British bases for strikes on Iran when the war first broke out.

This led to the President saying he was "very disappointed" in Sir Keir, describing him as "no Winston Churchill".

The IRGC has threatened to cut off the electricity in the West's regional allies if bridges or power plants are attacked.

An image by the IRGC lists the "power plants that have kept the light on for American bases in the region".

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These include the Al Taweelah Power Plant, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) plant - both in the United Arab Emirates - the Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar, and the Riyadh Power Plant in Saudi Arabia.

The IRGC claims all four of the power plants are direct electrical suppliers of regional US military bases, namely Al Dhafra, Al Minhad, Al-Udeid and Al-Kharj.

Earlier on Wednesday Mr Trump attended a "dignified transfer" ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for four US troops killed in Iranian attacks later that day - with the number of American military deaths resulting from the conflict now rising to 18.

Asked what he would tell the families of the deceased, the President said: "All I'm going to say is, we love you. We love your child, and that's what they are to them.

"They're their children. There's no games, no nothing."

Three of the US service members were killed when an Iranian missile hit barracks full of sleeping troops at Waffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.

They were named as First Lieutenant Tyler James Feehan, 25, Sergeant Angel S. Rampersad, 28, and Private Isabella Gonzales, 19.

A fourth troop, identified as Sergeant Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, was killed by Iran in a separate incident in Iraq during a controlled detonation of an attack drone.

Nearly 100 American service members have been injured in the Iran war, but 96 per cent of them have since returned to the battlefield, according to Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell.

The vast majority of those injuries were "minor concussions", he added.

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