Updated 18 June 2025 at 02:50 IST
Washington: United States President Donald Trump has claimed that they know exactly where the so-called Iran's ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding as he's an easy target, warning Ayatollah Khamenei to stop attacking civilians or American soldiers because USA's patience is wearing thin.
Donald Trump's warning has come as Iran continues to fire missiles on Israel, targeting civilian and military installations after their nuclear facilities were bombed by Israeli Defence Forces under Operation Rising Lion.
Taking to Truth Social, Donald Trump said, “We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there. We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now. But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin. Thank you for your attention to this matter."
In another statement, Donald Trump claimed that the USA has complete and total control of the Iranian skies adding Tehran's defence cannot be compared to that of United States.
“We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran. Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured “stuff.” Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA,” Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Earlier today, Donald Trump once again made it clear that Iran just cannot have a nuclear weapon.
“AMERICA FIRST means many GREAT things, including the fact that, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” The US President had on multiple occasions reached out to Khamenei, pushing for nuke talks but has ascertained that Tehran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
Trump also clarified that he has not reached out to Iran for “Peace Talks” in any way, shape, or form.
“This is just more HIGHLY FABRICATED, FAKE NEWS! If they want to talk, they know how to reach me. They should have taken the deal that was on the table - Would have saved a lot of lives,” US President said.
Earlier today, Iran claimed that it has bombed Israel's Mossad headquarters and other intelligence wings in the country after it continues to fire ballistic missiles towards Tel Aviv.
As per media reports, Iran's targets included the Mossad and Unit 8200 building in Herzliya, and the Intelligence Directorate’s logistics center in Glilot.
Israel, however, has not commented on whether their intelligence assets were targeted but admitted an attack at a bus stop.
Published 17 June 2025 at 22:20 IST