In a statement broadcast on television, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared that Iran will not yield to Donald Trump’s call for unconditional surrender.
“Intelligent people who know Iran, the Iranian nation, and its history will never speak to this nation in threatening language because the Iranian nation will not surrender,” Khamenei said in his first speech since Friday, when he gave a speech that was aired on state media following Israel’s bombardment of Iran.
“The Americans should know that any U.S. military intervention will undoubtedly be accompanied by irreparable damage,” he added.
After Israeli warplanes bombed Tehran overnight, thousands of people were evacuating the city on Wednesday. According to a source, Trump was thinking about joining Israel in attacking Iranian nuclear sites.
According to Israel’s military, 50 Israeli jets hit about 20 targets in Tehran overnight, including locations that make missile manufacturing systems, parts, and raw materials.
Trump and his team were weighing a variety of options, including joining Israel in strikes against Iranian nuclear sites, according to a source familiar with internal conversations.
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, said Iran had told Washington that it would punish the United States for any direct involvement. He claimed to already believe that the United States is “complicit in what Israel is doing.”
