Trump-Iran latest: President issues fresh warning to Tehran if it retaliates following Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing
Donald Trump has warned the U.S. will hit Iran “with a force that has never been seen before,” if the Middle East nation retaliates after the death of their supreme leader.
“Iran just stated that they are going to hit very hard today, harder than they have ever been hit before,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Iranian state media confirmed early today that the nation’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the US-Israeli airstrikes.
“To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return,” Tasnim, Iran’s semiofficial state media reported, adding that several members of Khamenei’s family had also been killed.
Earlier, president Donald Trump announced that the 86-year-old leader had died, calling him “one of the most evil people in history”.
The attacks came after Trump said the U.S. and Israel had launched “major combat operations” in Iran to dismantle its nuclear program and remove its leadership.
Trump said on Saturday that U.S. operations could continue through the coming week and for as long as “necessary” with Israel announcing another wave of strikes on Tehran on Sunday.
The Revolutionary Guard threatened its “most intense offensive operation” against American and Israeli bases. Soon after, loud blasts were heard in Dubai and Doha for the second day as Iran launched retaliatory strikes.
