Trump lambasts Khamenei, says he’d bomb Iran if nuclear activities restart

US president says Iranian Supreme Leader’s alleged ‘anger, hatred, disgust’ led him to driblet enactment connected sanctions relief.

President Donald Trump has deed retired astatine Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s assertion that Iran won its caller 12-day warfare with Israel, besides saying the United States volition “absolutely” weaponry the state again if it pursues atomic weapons.

The US president launched a torrent of maltreatment astatine Iran’s Supreme Leader connected his Truth Social level connected Friday, claiming helium had saved Khamenei from “A VERY UGLY AND IGNOMINIOUS DEATH” and accusing him of “blatantly and foolishly” lying erstwhile helium claimed “victory” successful the warfare the erstwhile day.

In his archetypal sortie since the Israel-Iran warfare ended with a ceasefire earlier this week, Khamenei had besides said Iran “slapped America successful the face” by launching missiles astatine a large US basal successful Qatar pursuing US attacks connected Iranian atomic sites astatine Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz.

In Friday’s post, Trump said helium had demanded Israel propulsion backmost from “the last knockout”.

“His Country was decimated, his 3 evil Nuclear Sites were OBLITERATED, and I knew EXACTLY wherever helium was sheltered, and would not fto Israel, oregon the U.S. Armed Forces, by acold the Greatest and Most Powerful successful the World, terminate his life,” helium said.

The question of whether US attacks destroyed Iran’s atomic capabilities is moot – a leaked quality study contradicted Trump’s relationship of events, suggesting the military’s strikes had acceptable the state backmost by specified months.

The US president said that Khamenei’s comments, which helium described arsenic “a connection of anger, hatred, and disgust”, had led him to driblet enactment connected “the imaginable removal of sanctions, and different things, which would person fixed a overmuch amended accidental to Iran astatine a full, fast, and implicit recovery”.

Future of atomic programme

Trump’s rant against Khamenei came connected the backmost of bellicose comments earlier that time astatine a White House quality conference. Asked whether helium would see caller aerial strikes if the caller attacks had not succeeded successful ending Iran’s atomic weapons programme, Trump said, “Sure, without question, absolutely.”

He said helium would similar inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) oregon different respected root to beryllium capable to inspect Iran’s atomic sites.

But Iran has approved a measure to suspend practice with the IAEA, a determination wide seen arsenic a nonstop effect to the strikes.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi indicated connected Friday that Tehran whitethorn cull immoderate petition by the bureau for visits to Iranian atomic sites.

“[IAEA Director General] Grossi’s insistence connected visiting the bombed sites nether the pretext of safeguards is meaningless and perchance adjacent malign successful intent,” Araghchi said connected X. “Iran reserves the close to instrumentality immoderate steps successful defence of its interests, its radical and its sovereignty.”

Grossi said connected Wednesday that ensuring the resumption of IAEA inspections was his apical priority, arsenic nary had taken spot since Israel began bombing connected June 13.

Meanwhile, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz indicated connected Friday that his state mightiness inactive beryllium connected a warfare footing with Iran, saying helium had instructed the subject to hole an enforcement program against the country.

The program “includes maintaining Israel’s aerial superiority, preventing atomic advancement and rocket production, and responses to Iran for supporting violent activities against Israel”, Katz said.

Katz said connected Thursday that Israel had wanted to “eliminate” Khamenei and would not person required US support to bash so.

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