25th Anniversary of 9/11: Trump Defends War Against Iran and Warns: It will NOT have a nuclear weapon

United States President Donald Trump took advantage this Friday of the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks to defend the war initiated by his Administration against Iran and to promise that the Islamic Republic will never obtain a nuclear weapon.

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"We salute the members of the Armed Forces who are working right now to ensure that the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, the Islamic Republic of Iran, never, ever has a nuclear weapon," the president stated during the ceremony held at the Pentagon.

Trump, born in New York, chose to participate in the tribute at the Department of Defense headquarters, instead of at Manhattan's Ground Zero, where Vice President JD Vance, all the country's living former presidents, and the city's mayor, Zohran Mamdani, were present.

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During his speech, the Republican leader maintained that the United States cannot forget "that moment of immense and horrible evil" that occurred 25 years ago, but he also highlighted the country's response to that "wickedness."

"Today we renew the sacred oath we took a quarter of a century ago. We will never, ever forget. That is why we fight today. We have no other choice. The only option is victory. We fight with strength. We fight to win," he declared.

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The Al Qaeda attacks against the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington left nearly 3,000 dead and triggered the so-called "war on terror," as well as the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.

The United States has been in a war against Iran for more than six months that has not achieved its stated objective of overthrowing the ayatollah regime and which could take a toll on Republicans in the November legislative elections, due to the rise in gasoline prices derived from the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

During his speech at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also defended the war against Iran, asserting that economic pressure on the Persian country "increases every day" and that the United States maintains "control" of the strait.