DONALD Trump has claimed that he saved Iran’s Supreme Leader from an “ugly death” by ordering Israeli jets to turn around mid-air during an attack.
The President slammed the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after he claimed Iran had won the war – following Tehran’s response to Trump’s Operation Midnight Hammer attack.
AFPTrump claims he saved the Ayatollah from death[/caption]
AFPTrump made the claim on Truth Social[/caption]
APIt comes after the Supreme Leader claimed Iran had ‘won the war’[/caption]
In a Truth Social post, Trump raged: “I SAVED HIM FROM A VERY UGLY AND IGNOMINIOUS DEATH.
“And he does not have to say, ‘THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP!’
Iran responded to Trump’s strikes on key nuclear sites in Iran by targeting a US army base in Doha, Qatar, with a daring missile blitz.
Tehran admitted that Operation Midnight Hammer and Israeli attacks had caused “excessive and serious” damage to the nuclear facilities.
But the admission on Friday contradicted the Supreme Leader’s claims that Trump “exaggerated” the success of the sophisticated attack.
Trump said of the American strikes: “His Country was decimated, his three evil Nuclear Sites were OBLITERATED, and I knew EXACTLY where he was sheltered.”
The US President then made the bombshell claim that he saved the Ayatollah’s life, saying he “would not let Israel, or the U.S. Armed Forces, by far the Greatest and Most Powerful in the World, terminate his life”.
He explained: “In fact, in the final act of the War, I demanded that Israel bring back a very large group of planes, which were heading directly to Tehran, looking for a big day, perhaps the final knockout!”
He added: “Tremendous damage would have ensued, and many Iranians would have been killed.
“It was going to be the biggest attack of the War, by far.”
Trump also blasted the Ayatollah’s claims that Iran won the war.
He said: “Why would the so-called ‘Supreme Leader,’ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, of the war torn Country of Iran, say so blatantly and foolishly that he won the War with Israel, when he knows his statement is a lie, it is not so.
“As a man of great faith, he is not supposed to lie.”
Iran’s Foreign Minister said that US and Israeli airstrikes caused “excessive and serious damage” to the Ayatollah’s nuclear facilities.
And he shut down suggestions that the mullahs would return to the negotiating table for a nuclear deal following the devastating blitz.
Abbas Araghchi said: “I would like to state clearly that no agreement, arrangement or conversation has been made to start new negotiations.
“Don’t take Trump’s words seriously… No plan has been set yet to start negotiations.”
His words came after the White House claimed Iran’s nuclear sites had been “completely and totally obliterated” by the strikes – and said they would take years to rebuild.
View of Fordow Fuel Enrichment plant one week after US strikes
ReutersA closer satellite view shows holes and craters on a ridge at Fordow underground complex[/caption]
The US joined Israel on decimating nuclear facilities on June 22 – launching 12 30,000lb bunker busting bombs at the most difficult target.
Then within 24 hours starting Monday, Iran launched a “very weak” response on a US air base in Qatar before a fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel was brokered by the US.
Calls are now ringing louder for the Ayatollah’s regime to be taken down – and for a new democratic republic to take shape.
Trump hinted at regime change in a post of Truth Social as he demanded “Make Iran Great Again” – but the White House said it was not one of the authority’s official goals.
The claims came hours after Khamenei himself said the US and Israeli attacks had done “nothing significant” to their nuclear programme.
The dictator claimed victory over Israel and America despite his country being hammered in the “12 Day War”.
Khamenei added that Iran had “defeated Israel” and dealt the US a “slap” with its missile strikes on the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar – all of which were intercepted.
The Islamic despot also bizarrely claimed his rockets had hit the base in Qatar, despite his forces giving advanced warning so the rockets could be all shot down.
The Supreme Leader was last seen a week ago in a video message, but it’s two weeks since he appeared to his people in the flesh.
ReutersSmoke rises following an Israeli attack in Tehran, Iran[/caption]
APCalls are being made for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to be ousted[/caption]
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