Iran threatens world tourism sites; US deploys hundreds more troops
JON GAMBRELL, SAM MEDNICK and DAVID RISING
Associated Press
Updated
ASSOCIATED PRESS, MAGEN DAVID ADOM, IRIB
Iran threatened to target recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it was still building missiles. Friday's show of defiance came nearly three weeks into U.S.-Israeli strikes that have killed a slew of Tehran’s top leaders and hammered its weapons and energy industries.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Three weeks into an escalating war in the Middle East, Iran threatened Friday to expand its retaliatory attacks to include recreational and tourist sites worldwide, as the U.S. announced it will send more warships and Marines to the region.
Iranians reach toward coffins Friday as they follow the funeral procession of Iran's intelligence minister Esmail Khatib, his wife and his daughter in Tehran, Iran.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters Friday before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, listens.
Iranians reach toward coffins Friday as they follow the funeral procession of Iran's intelligence minister Esmail Khatib, his wife and his daughter in Tehran, Iran.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters Friday before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, listens.
