India, June 11 -- President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on Thursday that the US would be striking Iran tonight. The Republican Commander-in-Chief had vowed there'd be a response after a US Apache helicopter was downed in the region, and Trump claimed Iran was responsible.

"The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT," Trump wrote on his social media platform.

He also shared that the US had plans to take over Kharg Island, which is highly strategic and significant for Iran due to its oil storage facilities. Kharg Island provides a sea port for the export of up to 90 percent of I...