Trump blasts ‘fake news' CNN for claiming Iran strike was ‘not perfect'
US President Donald Trump has blasted CNN and MSNBC for claiming the strike on Iran was 'not perfect'.
'Our B-2 pilots made this all possible. They had a magnificent hit in the dark of night with no moon, no light, no nothing. They hit the target perfectly, wiped it out,' Mr Trump said.
'The press is very disrespectful. I saw CNN – fake news – going, 'Well, maybe it wasn't a perfect hit.' It was perfect.
'It's very disrespectful to those great geniuses and patriots that flew those planes through tremendous danger.
'CNN and MSDNC are a disgrace, and so are the others. I mean, they're pretty much all a disgrace.'
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Donald Trump trashes CNN and ‘MSDNC' for coverage on US strikes in Iran
US President Donald Trump has slammed CNN and MSNBC following their coverage of America's strikes on Iran. On Tuesday, President Trump answered questions from reporters about the war between Israel and Iran before departing the White House. When speaking to reporters, Trump hammered CNN and MSNBC for downplaying the success of the B-2 bomber's strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. President Trump focused his tirade primarily on CNN, where he blasted the network as 'gutless losers'. 'You're gutless losers. I say that to CNN because I watch it. I have no choice. I've gotta watch that garbage. It's all garbage. It's all fake news. But I think CNN is a gutless group of people,' Trump said.
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Eyes on the prize as the Don boldly declares 'Peace in our time'
This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning. To sign up for FREE, go to He didn't have a piece of paper flapping in the breeze as he stepped off a plane. But the message - conveyed on his social media platform - was the same: Peace in our time. The concrete dust kicked up by the US bunker busters had barely settled over the terrain enclosing the Fordo nuclear facility when the US President posted on Truth Social that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was imminent. The world breathed a sigh of relief, just as it did when Neville Chamberlain stepped off the aircraft at Heston field in September 1938 after returning from Munich with a false promise of peace from Adolf Hitler. History doesn't remember Chamberlain as a peacemaker, more a tragic fool who'd been gulled by a rapacious dictator. It remains to be seen how Trump will be remembered for his declaration of the ceasefire, which Qatar helped broker. But it's clear how he wants to be remembered. A couple of days before authorising the strikes on Iran, Trump took to Truth Social with a massive whine about how he wasn't given credit for all the peace he'd helped secure around the world. It started with a reference to an agreement his administration had helped forge between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, then rambled into a whinge about his unrecognised triumphs getting peace deals between Serbia and Kosovo and Egypt and Ethiopia. "No, I won't get a Nobel peace prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that's all that matters to me," he wrote. Earlier Trump had tried to claim credit for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan after their recent deadly spat over Kashmir. Trouble is, India later said the president had nothing to do with it. Of course, it would be great if the Iran-Israel ceasefire holds for as long Chamberlain's guarantee of peace in Europe did - 11 months is an eternity in the cauldron that is Middle East conflict. If it did, then fine, give Trump a peace prize to hang in the pool room at Mar-a-Lago. Objectively, though, chances are it won't. In the course of hours, relief had turned to scepticism. Even as the deadline came and went - and after Iran had announced the ceasefire - missiles were still striking Israel. By mid-afternoon our time, six missile barrages had been launched by Iran towards Israel. This on the day the ceasefire was to come into effect. Confusion on the day of the ceasefire can be expected but it's what comes in the weeks after that matters. There's the troubling matter of the enriched uranium now suspected to have been spirited out of Fordo before the US struck. Satellite imagery in the days before the strike showed a convoy of trucks lined up outside the facility. Where they are now and what they were carrying remains a mystery. Will Israel be content not knowing the whereabouts of the enriched uranium? Unlikely. Will it embark on further military action to retrieve or destroy the uranium? Probably. Trump's boast to NBC in America that the ceasefire was unlimited and would last forever was almost as bold as Chamberlain's all those years ago. We can only hope it carries more weight. HAVE YOUR SAY: Does Donald Trump deserve a Nobel peace prize? Do you think the ceasefire between Iran and Israel will last? Will it be "forever" as the US president has claimed? Email us: echidna@ SHARE THE LOVE: If you enjoy The Echidna, forward it to a friend so they can sign up, too. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: - Governments are being urged to rethink their approach to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people if they are serious about closing the gap. - Australia's newest MPs have begun their first day of Parliament school. After winning their seats at the May election, the 30-odd politicians arrived in the nation's capital on Tuesday for a four-day orientation that will teach them the ropes of the lower house. - The jury in Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial has been told it's not in "a court of morals" while being instructed to resist bias, prejudice and sympathy in deciding their verdict. THEY SAID IT: "Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means." - Ronald Reagan YOU SAID IT: When you wake up agreeing with a rabid MAGA firebrand you can be forgiven for thinking the world's gone crazy. But on the folly of the US toying with regime change in Iran, Marjorie Taylor Greene is right. Bill writes: "The US has a litany of failures in regime change around the world. I am old enough to remember what we now call puff pieces on the 'glamorous' Soraya, the Shah's wife, in Women's Weekly and Woman's Day. All part of CIA propaganda to legitimise the Shah, and endorsed by Menzies. It was all about oil of course. As for MTG, the MAGA lot will accept the outcome because they believe in Donald. And once again, its still about oil." "If you get rid of the Ayatollah, the next most powerful group in Iran is the Revolutionary Guard, a well-armed, well-trained military and political force," writes Phil. "Regime change will result in military dictatorship, possibly more aggressive and more belligerent. As has happened many times, enforced regime changes do not offer good outcomes." Sue writes: "Wouldn't it be nice if we could put some sort of invisible force field around warring nations - and between them - which prevented them from undertaking physical wars and forced them to come to terms with their differences in other ways? Negotiation, perhaps? Sure, a regime change in Iran could be a good thing, but surely, we should have learned by now that external "solutions" imposed on countries create rather than resolve problem situations. Any change of regime needs to come from within and that includes the US." This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning. To sign up for FREE, go to He didn't have a piece of paper flapping in the breeze as he stepped off a plane. But the message - conveyed on his social media platform - was the same: Peace in our time. The concrete dust kicked up by the US bunker busters had barely settled over the terrain enclosing the Fordo nuclear facility when the US President posted on Truth Social that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was imminent. The world breathed a sigh of relief, just as it did when Neville Chamberlain stepped off the aircraft at Heston field in September 1938 after returning from Munich with a false promise of peace from Adolf Hitler. History doesn't remember Chamberlain as a peacemaker, more a tragic fool who'd been gulled by a rapacious dictator. It remains to be seen how Trump will be remembered for his declaration of the ceasefire, which Qatar helped broker. But it's clear how he wants to be remembered. A couple of days before authorising the strikes on Iran, Trump took to Truth Social with a massive whine about how he wasn't given credit for all the peace he'd helped secure around the world. It started with a reference to an agreement his administration had helped forge between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, then rambled into a whinge about his unrecognised triumphs getting peace deals between Serbia and Kosovo and Egypt and Ethiopia. "No, I won't get a Nobel peace prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that's all that matters to me," he wrote. Earlier Trump had tried to claim credit for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan after their recent deadly spat over Kashmir. Trouble is, India later said the president had nothing to do with it. Of course, it would be great if the Iran-Israel ceasefire holds for as long Chamberlain's guarantee of peace in Europe did - 11 months is an eternity in the cauldron that is Middle East conflict. If it did, then fine, give Trump a peace prize to hang in the pool room at Mar-a-Lago. Objectively, though, chances are it won't. In the course of hours, relief had turned to scepticism. Even as the deadline came and went - and after Iran had announced the ceasefire - missiles were still striking Israel. By mid-afternoon our time, six missile barrages had been launched by Iran towards Israel. This on the day the ceasefire was to come into effect. Confusion on the day of the ceasefire can be expected but it's what comes in the weeks after that matters. There's the troubling matter of the enriched uranium now suspected to have been spirited out of Fordo before the US struck. Satellite imagery in the days before the strike showed a convoy of trucks lined up outside the facility. Where they are now and what they were carrying remains a mystery. Will Israel be content not knowing the whereabouts of the enriched uranium? Unlikely. Will it embark on further military action to retrieve or destroy the uranium? Probably. Trump's boast to NBC in America that the ceasefire was unlimited and would last forever was almost as bold as Chamberlain's all those years ago. We can only hope it carries more weight. HAVE YOUR SAY: Does Donald Trump deserve a Nobel peace prize? Do you think the ceasefire between Iran and Israel will last? Will it be "forever" as the US president has claimed? Email us: echidna@ SHARE THE LOVE: If you enjoy The Echidna, forward it to a friend so they can sign up, too. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: - Governments are being urged to rethink their approach to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people if they are serious about closing the gap. - Australia's newest MPs have begun their first day of Parliament school. After winning their seats at the May election, the 30-odd politicians arrived in the nation's capital on Tuesday for a four-day orientation that will teach them the ropes of the lower house. - The jury in Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial has been told it's not in "a court of morals" while being instructed to resist bias, prejudice and sympathy in deciding their verdict. THEY SAID IT: "Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means." - Ronald Reagan YOU SAID IT: When you wake up agreeing with a rabid MAGA firebrand you can be forgiven for thinking the world's gone crazy. But on the folly of the US toying with regime change in Iran, Marjorie Taylor Greene is right. Bill writes: "The US has a litany of failures in regime change around the world. I am old enough to remember what we now call puff pieces on the 'glamorous' Soraya, the Shah's wife, in Women's Weekly and Woman's Day. All part of CIA propaganda to legitimise the Shah, and endorsed by Menzies. It was all about oil of course. As for MTG, the MAGA lot will accept the outcome because they believe in Donald. And once again, its still about oil." "If you get rid of the Ayatollah, the next most powerful group in Iran is the Revolutionary Guard, a well-armed, well-trained military and political force," writes Phil. "Regime change will result in military dictatorship, possibly more aggressive and more belligerent. As has happened many times, enforced regime changes do not offer good outcomes." Sue writes: "Wouldn't it be nice if we could put some sort of invisible force field around warring nations - and between them - which prevented them from undertaking physical wars and forced them to come to terms with their differences in other ways? Negotiation, perhaps? Sure, a regime change in Iran could be a good thing, but surely, we should have learned by now that external "solutions" imposed on countries create rather than resolve problem situations. Any change of regime needs to come from within and that includes the US." This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning. To sign up for FREE, go to He didn't have a piece of paper flapping in the breeze as he stepped off a plane. But the message - conveyed on his social media platform - was the same: Peace in our time. The concrete dust kicked up by the US bunker busters had barely settled over the terrain enclosing the Fordo nuclear facility when the US President posted on Truth Social that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was imminent. The world breathed a sigh of relief, just as it did when Neville Chamberlain stepped off the aircraft at Heston field in September 1938 after returning from Munich with a false promise of peace from Adolf Hitler. History doesn't remember Chamberlain as a peacemaker, more a tragic fool who'd been gulled by a rapacious dictator. It remains to be seen how Trump will be remembered for his declaration of the ceasefire, which Qatar helped broker. But it's clear how he wants to be remembered. A couple of days before authorising the strikes on Iran, Trump took to Truth Social with a massive whine about how he wasn't given credit for all the peace he'd helped secure around the world. It started with a reference to an agreement his administration had helped forge between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, then rambled into a whinge about his unrecognised triumphs getting peace deals between Serbia and Kosovo and Egypt and Ethiopia. "No, I won't get a Nobel peace prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that's all that matters to me," he wrote. Earlier Trump had tried to claim credit for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan after their recent deadly spat over Kashmir. Trouble is, India later said the president had nothing to do with it. Of course, it would be great if the Iran-Israel ceasefire holds for as long Chamberlain's guarantee of peace in Europe did - 11 months is an eternity in the cauldron that is Middle East conflict. If it did, then fine, give Trump a peace prize to hang in the pool room at Mar-a-Lago. Objectively, though, chances are it won't. In the course of hours, relief had turned to scepticism. Even as the deadline came and went - and after Iran had announced the ceasefire - missiles were still striking Israel. By mid-afternoon our time, six missile barrages had been launched by Iran towards Israel. This on the day the ceasefire was to come into effect. Confusion on the day of the ceasefire can be expected but it's what comes in the weeks after that matters. There's the troubling matter of the enriched uranium now suspected to have been spirited out of Fordo before the US struck. Satellite imagery in the days before the strike showed a convoy of trucks lined up outside the facility. Where they are now and what they were carrying remains a mystery. Will Israel be content not knowing the whereabouts of the enriched uranium? Unlikely. Will it embark on further military action to retrieve or destroy the uranium? Probably. Trump's boast to NBC in America that the ceasefire was unlimited and would last forever was almost as bold as Chamberlain's all those years ago. We can only hope it carries more weight. HAVE YOUR SAY: Does Donald Trump deserve a Nobel peace prize? Do you think the ceasefire between Iran and Israel will last? Will it be "forever" as the US president has claimed? Email us: echidna@ SHARE THE LOVE: If you enjoy The Echidna, forward it to a friend so they can sign up, too. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: - Governments are being urged to rethink their approach to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people if they are serious about closing the gap. - Australia's newest MPs have begun their first day of Parliament school. After winning their seats at the May election, the 30-odd politicians arrived in the nation's capital on Tuesday for a four-day orientation that will teach them the ropes of the lower house. - The jury in Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial has been told it's not in "a court of morals" while being instructed to resist bias, prejudice and sympathy in deciding their verdict. THEY SAID IT: "Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means." - Ronald Reagan YOU SAID IT: When you wake up agreeing with a rabid MAGA firebrand you can be forgiven for thinking the world's gone crazy. But on the folly of the US toying with regime change in Iran, Marjorie Taylor Greene is right. Bill writes: "The US has a litany of failures in regime change around the world. I am old enough to remember what we now call puff pieces on the 'glamorous' Soraya, the Shah's wife, in Women's Weekly and Woman's Day. All part of CIA propaganda to legitimise the Shah, and endorsed by Menzies. It was all about oil of course. As for MTG, the MAGA lot will accept the outcome because they believe in Donald. And once again, its still about oil." "If you get rid of the Ayatollah, the next most powerful group in Iran is the Revolutionary Guard, a well-armed, well-trained military and political force," writes Phil. "Regime change will result in military dictatorship, possibly more aggressive and more belligerent. As has happened many times, enforced regime changes do not offer good outcomes." Sue writes: "Wouldn't it be nice if we could put some sort of invisible force field around warring nations - and between them - which prevented them from undertaking physical wars and forced them to come to terms with their differences in other ways? Negotiation, perhaps? Sure, a regime change in Iran could be a good thing, but surely, we should have learned by now that external "solutions" imposed on countries create rather than resolve problem situations. Any change of regime needs to come from within and that includes the US." This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning. To sign up for FREE, go to He didn't have a piece of paper flapping in the breeze as he stepped off a plane. But the message - conveyed on his social media platform - was the same: Peace in our time. The concrete dust kicked up by the US bunker busters had barely settled over the terrain enclosing the Fordo nuclear facility when the US President posted on Truth Social that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was imminent. The world breathed a sigh of relief, just as it did when Neville Chamberlain stepped off the aircraft at Heston field in September 1938 after returning from Munich with a false promise of peace from Adolf Hitler. History doesn't remember Chamberlain as a peacemaker, more a tragic fool who'd been gulled by a rapacious dictator. It remains to be seen how Trump will be remembered for his declaration of the ceasefire, which Qatar helped broker. But it's clear how he wants to be remembered. A couple of days before authorising the strikes on Iran, Trump took to Truth Social with a massive whine about how he wasn't given credit for all the peace he'd helped secure around the world. It started with a reference to an agreement his administration had helped forge between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, then rambled into a whinge about his unrecognised triumphs getting peace deals between Serbia and Kosovo and Egypt and Ethiopia. "No, I won't get a Nobel peace prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that's all that matters to me," he wrote. Earlier Trump had tried to claim credit for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan after their recent deadly spat over Kashmir. Trouble is, India later said the president had nothing to do with it. Of course, it would be great if the Iran-Israel ceasefire holds for as long Chamberlain's guarantee of peace in Europe did - 11 months is an eternity in the cauldron that is Middle East conflict. If it did, then fine, give Trump a peace prize to hang in the pool room at Mar-a-Lago. Objectively, though, chances are it won't. In the course of hours, relief had turned to scepticism. Even as the deadline came and went - and after Iran had announced the ceasefire - missiles were still striking Israel. By mid-afternoon our time, six missile barrages had been launched by Iran towards Israel. This on the day the ceasefire was to come into effect. Confusion on the day of the ceasefire can be expected but it's what comes in the weeks after that matters. There's the troubling matter of the enriched uranium now suspected to have been spirited out of Fordo before the US struck. Satellite imagery in the days before the strike showed a convoy of trucks lined up outside the facility. Where they are now and what they were carrying remains a mystery. Will Israel be content not knowing the whereabouts of the enriched uranium? Unlikely. Will it embark on further military action to retrieve or destroy the uranium? Probably. Trump's boast to NBC in America that the ceasefire was unlimited and would last forever was almost as bold as Chamberlain's all those years ago. We can only hope it carries more weight. HAVE YOUR SAY: Does Donald Trump deserve a Nobel peace prize? Do you think the ceasefire between Iran and Israel will last? Will it be "forever" as the US president has claimed? Email us: echidna@ SHARE THE LOVE: If you enjoy The Echidna, forward it to a friend so they can sign up, too. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: - Governments are being urged to rethink their approach to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people if they are serious about closing the gap. - Australia's newest MPs have begun their first day of Parliament school. After winning their seats at the May election, the 30-odd politicians arrived in the nation's capital on Tuesday for a four-day orientation that will teach them the ropes of the lower house. - The jury in Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial has been told it's not in "a court of morals" while being instructed to resist bias, prejudice and sympathy in deciding their verdict. THEY SAID IT: "Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means." - Ronald Reagan YOU SAID IT: When you wake up agreeing with a rabid MAGA firebrand you can be forgiven for thinking the world's gone crazy. But on the folly of the US toying with regime change in Iran, Marjorie Taylor Greene is right. Bill writes: "The US has a litany of failures in regime change around the world. I am old enough to remember what we now call puff pieces on the 'glamorous' Soraya, the Shah's wife, in Women's Weekly and Woman's Day. All part of CIA propaganda to legitimise the Shah, and endorsed by Menzies. It was all about oil of course. As for MTG, the MAGA lot will accept the outcome because they believe in Donald. And once again, its still about oil." "If you get rid of the Ayatollah, the next most powerful group in Iran is the Revolutionary Guard, a well-armed, well-trained military and political force," writes Phil. "Regime change will result in military dictatorship, possibly more aggressive and more belligerent. As has happened many times, enforced regime changes do not offer good outcomes." Sue writes: "Wouldn't it be nice if we could put some sort of invisible force field around warring nations - and between them - which prevented them from undertaking physical wars and forced them to come to terms with their differences in other ways? Negotiation, perhaps? Sure, a regime change in Iran could be a good thing, but surely, we should have learned by now that external "solutions" imposed on countries create rather than resolve problem situations. Any change of regime needs to come from within and that includes the US."
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Trump's stance on Middle East clear, despite F-bomb: PM
Anthony Albanese has weighed in on Donald Trump dropping the F-bomb after becoming frustrated that Iran and Israel violated a ceasefire brokered by the US president. The US president attacked on both nations for breaching the agreement in the early stages, saying "they don't know what the f*** they are doing" on live television. His comments came after Israel accused Iran of breaking the truce. The prime minister said Mr Trump's views on the situation in the Middle East were obvious, while also calling for the ceasefire agreement to remain in effect. "President Trump made some pretty clear statements. I don't think it needs any further reflection. I think that he stated his views pretty abruptly and I think they were very clear," Mr Albanese told reporters in Launceston on Wednesday. "We want to see peace in the region, we want to see a ceasefire, we want to see de-escalation, and that is consistent with the very clear comments of President Trump." Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Australians shouldn't be concerned about the words used. "Far be it from for Australians to quibble with that kind of language," he told Sky News on Wednesday. "We heard some blunt speak from the president, and I think that just reflects the fact that the stakes are high in the Middle East. "I think those who haven't used that word privately can cast the first stone." Meanwhile, a Royal Australian Air Force jet carrying more than 100 Australians trying to escape the conflict in the Middle East, has flown out of Israel after airspace was reopened. Speaking from the NATO summit at The Hague, Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed that the 119 passengers left Tel Aviv in the early hours of Wednesday. Mr Marles said the government had also chartered civilian aircraft for future departures "in certain circumstances". There are still about 3000 Australians in Iran who have registered with the government for help to leave, and more than 1000 in Israel. The prime minister said it was a welcome development that Australians had managed to leave the region safely. "That is very good news. We will always prioritise the safety of Australians," Mr Albanese said. "The situation is obviously very volatile there, our hope is that Australians are kept safe. So at the moment there are, of course, not flights out of Iran." The latest conflict erupted on June 13, when Israel fired missiles at Iran in a bid to blow up military assets, arguing it was on the cusp of developing nuclear weapons. The battle took a turn on the weekend when the US launched a bombing raid on Iran, blowing up three underground nuclear facilities. The airspace in both countries was shut to passenger aircraft, leading to the evacuation of Australian embassy staff and their dependents from Tehran. But the current ceasefire has not calmed the fears of Iranians in Australia who are worried about bombs killing their friends and family and the threat posed by Iran's autocratic Islamic government. Persian Australian Community Association member Nader Ranjbar, there was hope the conflict could help de-stabilise the Iranian autocracy and pave the way for a new, democratic government. Without a new regime, he is concerned that the current administration will intensify its persecution of the Iranian people. "That's my worst fear," he told AAP. "That somehow they get away from this mess and the first thing they do is start killing Iranian people." Anthony Albanese has weighed in on Donald Trump dropping the F-bomb after becoming frustrated that Iran and Israel violated a ceasefire brokered by the US president. The US president attacked on both nations for breaching the agreement in the early stages, saying "they don't know what the f*** they are doing" on live television. His comments came after Israel accused Iran of breaking the truce. The prime minister said Mr Trump's views on the situation in the Middle East were obvious, while also calling for the ceasefire agreement to remain in effect. "President Trump made some pretty clear statements. I don't think it needs any further reflection. I think that he stated his views pretty abruptly and I think they were very clear," Mr Albanese told reporters in Launceston on Wednesday. "We want to see peace in the region, we want to see a ceasefire, we want to see de-escalation, and that is consistent with the very clear comments of President Trump." Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Australians shouldn't be concerned about the words used. "Far be it from for Australians to quibble with that kind of language," he told Sky News on Wednesday. "We heard some blunt speak from the president, and I think that just reflects the fact that the stakes are high in the Middle East. "I think those who haven't used that word privately can cast the first stone." Meanwhile, a Royal Australian Air Force jet carrying more than 100 Australians trying to escape the conflict in the Middle East, has flown out of Israel after airspace was reopened. Speaking from the NATO summit at The Hague, Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed that the 119 passengers left Tel Aviv in the early hours of Wednesday. Mr Marles said the government had also chartered civilian aircraft for future departures "in certain circumstances". There are still about 3000 Australians in Iran who have registered with the government for help to leave, and more than 1000 in Israel. The prime minister said it was a welcome development that Australians had managed to leave the region safely. "That is very good news. We will always prioritise the safety of Australians," Mr Albanese said. "The situation is obviously very volatile there, our hope is that Australians are kept safe. So at the moment there are, of course, not flights out of Iran." The latest conflict erupted on June 13, when Israel fired missiles at Iran in a bid to blow up military assets, arguing it was on the cusp of developing nuclear weapons. The battle took a turn on the weekend when the US launched a bombing raid on Iran, blowing up three underground nuclear facilities. The airspace in both countries was shut to passenger aircraft, leading to the evacuation of Australian embassy staff and their dependents from Tehran. But the current ceasefire has not calmed the fears of Iranians in Australia who are worried about bombs killing their friends and family and the threat posed by Iran's autocratic Islamic government. Persian Australian Community Association member Nader Ranjbar, there was hope the conflict could help de-stabilise the Iranian autocracy and pave the way for a new, democratic government. Without a new regime, he is concerned that the current administration will intensify its persecution of the Iranian people. "That's my worst fear," he told AAP. "That somehow they get away from this mess and the first thing they do is start killing Iranian people." Anthony Albanese has weighed in on Donald Trump dropping the F-bomb after becoming frustrated that Iran and Israel violated a ceasefire brokered by the US president. The US president attacked on both nations for breaching the agreement in the early stages, saying "they don't know what the f*** they are doing" on live television. His comments came after Israel accused Iran of breaking the truce. The prime minister said Mr Trump's views on the situation in the Middle East were obvious, while also calling for the ceasefire agreement to remain in effect. "President Trump made some pretty clear statements. I don't think it needs any further reflection. I think that he stated his views pretty abruptly and I think they were very clear," Mr Albanese told reporters in Launceston on Wednesday. "We want to see peace in the region, we want to see a ceasefire, we want to see de-escalation, and that is consistent with the very clear comments of President Trump." Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Australians shouldn't be concerned about the words used. "Far be it from for Australians to quibble with that kind of language," he told Sky News on Wednesday. "We heard some blunt speak from the president, and I think that just reflects the fact that the stakes are high in the Middle East. "I think those who haven't used that word privately can cast the first stone." Meanwhile, a Royal Australian Air Force jet carrying more than 100 Australians trying to escape the conflict in the Middle East, has flown out of Israel after airspace was reopened. Speaking from the NATO summit at The Hague, Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed that the 119 passengers left Tel Aviv in the early hours of Wednesday. Mr Marles said the government had also chartered civilian aircraft for future departures "in certain circumstances". There are still about 3000 Australians in Iran who have registered with the government for help to leave, and more than 1000 in Israel. The prime minister said it was a welcome development that Australians had managed to leave the region safely. "That is very good news. We will always prioritise the safety of Australians," Mr Albanese said. "The situation is obviously very volatile there, our hope is that Australians are kept safe. So at the moment there are, of course, not flights out of Iran." The latest conflict erupted on June 13, when Israel fired missiles at Iran in a bid to blow up military assets, arguing it was on the cusp of developing nuclear weapons. The battle took a turn on the weekend when the US launched a bombing raid on Iran, blowing up three underground nuclear facilities. The airspace in both countries was shut to passenger aircraft, leading to the evacuation of Australian embassy staff and their dependents from Tehran. But the current ceasefire has not calmed the fears of Iranians in Australia who are worried about bombs killing their friends and family and the threat posed by Iran's autocratic Islamic government. Persian Australian Community Association member Nader Ranjbar, there was hope the conflict could help de-stabilise the Iranian autocracy and pave the way for a new, democratic government. Without a new regime, he is concerned that the current administration will intensify its persecution of the Iranian people. "That's my worst fear," he told AAP. "That somehow they get away from this mess and the first thing they do is start killing Iranian people." Anthony Albanese has weighed in on Donald Trump dropping the F-bomb after becoming frustrated that Iran and Israel violated a ceasefire brokered by the US president. The US president attacked on both nations for breaching the agreement in the early stages, saying "they don't know what the f*** they are doing" on live television. His comments came after Israel accused Iran of breaking the truce. The prime minister said Mr Trump's views on the situation in the Middle East were obvious, while also calling for the ceasefire agreement to remain in effect. "President Trump made some pretty clear statements. I don't think it needs any further reflection. I think that he stated his views pretty abruptly and I think they were very clear," Mr Albanese told reporters in Launceston on Wednesday. "We want to see peace in the region, we want to see a ceasefire, we want to see de-escalation, and that is consistent with the very clear comments of President Trump." Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Australians shouldn't be concerned about the words used. "Far be it from for Australians to quibble with that kind of language," he told Sky News on Wednesday. "We heard some blunt speak from the president, and I think that just reflects the fact that the stakes are high in the Middle East. "I think those who haven't used that word privately can cast the first stone." Meanwhile, a Royal Australian Air Force jet carrying more than 100 Australians trying to escape the conflict in the Middle East, has flown out of Israel after airspace was reopened. Speaking from the NATO summit at The Hague, Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed that the 119 passengers left Tel Aviv in the early hours of Wednesday. Mr Marles said the government had also chartered civilian aircraft for future departures "in certain circumstances". There are still about 3000 Australians in Iran who have registered with the government for help to leave, and more than 1000 in Israel. The prime minister said it was a welcome development that Australians had managed to leave the region safely. "That is very good news. We will always prioritise the safety of Australians," Mr Albanese said. "The situation is obviously very volatile there, our hope is that Australians are kept safe. So at the moment there are, of course, not flights out of Iran." The latest conflict erupted on June 13, when Israel fired missiles at Iran in a bid to blow up military assets, arguing it was on the cusp of developing nuclear weapons. The battle took a turn on the weekend when the US launched a bombing raid on Iran, blowing up three underground nuclear facilities. The airspace in both countries was shut to passenger aircraft, leading to the evacuation of Australian embassy staff and their dependents from Tehran. But the current ceasefire has not calmed the fears of Iranians in Australia who are worried about bombs killing their friends and family and the threat posed by Iran's autocratic Islamic government. Persian Australian Community Association member Nader Ranjbar, there was hope the conflict could help de-stabilise the Iranian autocracy and pave the way for a new, democratic government. Without a new regime, he is concerned that the current administration will intensify its persecution of the Iranian people. "That's my worst fear," he told AAP. "That somehow they get away from this mess and the first thing they do is start killing Iranian people."
