Washington, April 1 -- President Donald Trump has asserted that it will take "15 to 20 years" for Iran to recover from the extensive US-Israeli military strikes, claiming the operation has effectively dismantled the country's strategic capabilities. Speaking from the Oval Office, the President maintained that the mission was designed to ensure a total degradation of the Iranian military apparatus.

"We want to knock out every possible thing they have," Trump told reporters on Tuesday. "We have set them back. It will take 15 to 20 years for them to rebuild what we've done to them."

Detailing the scale of the destruction, the President suggested that Tehran's primary defensive and offensive branches have been neutralised. According to Trum...