India, March 13 -- US President Donald Trump on Friday claimed in a social media post that the United States is "totally destroying" Iran's leadership and military capabilities, saying Tehran is being defeated militarily, economically and on other fronts.

He alleged that Iran's navy and air force had been wiped out and that its missiles and drones were being "decimated." In the post, Trump said the United States possessed "unparalleled firepower" and warned that further action against what he described as the "terrorist regime of Iran" would follow.

"Iran's Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of the earth," he wrote.

The US...