Iranian Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes the remarks throughout a ceremony marking the primary anniversary of the loss of life of former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash in northern Iran final yr, in Tehran, Iran, on Might 20, 2025.
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Iran’s supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday threatened the U.S. with “irreparable injury” if Washington follows by way of with a army strike in opposition to the Center Jap nation.
“Any American army entry will undoubtedly be met with irreparable injury,” Khamenei mentioned, in response to NBC Information reporting. He added that America’s potential involvement in Iran “will 100% backfire” and that “the injury they endure will probably be far worse than something Iran could face. In the event that they enter militarily, they may face hurt that they can’t get better from.”
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Iran and Tehran have been buying and selling missile fireplace because the Jewish state on Friday launched an assault in opposition to Iran, saying it primarily focused the Iranian nuclear program. The Worldwide Atomic Power Company on Wednesday mentioned two nuclear centrifuge manufacturing amenities in Iran had been hit.
Trump on Tuesday warned the endurance of the U.S. — a traditionally shut ally and weapons supplier of Israel — was “sporting skinny,” noting that Khamenei is an “simple goal.”
“We’re not going to take him out (kill!), not less than not for now,” Trump wrote on his Fact Social media platform, stressing the White Home doesn’t need missiles “shot at civilians, or American troopers” however nonetheless goals for Tehran’s “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!”
Khamenei resisted the notion on Wednesday, saying “the Iranian individuals are not a individuals who might be compelled into give up.”
Beneath Trump’s second administration, the White Home has been trying to dealer a deal over Iran’s nuclear program, with talks thus far but to bear fruit. Washington has beforehand insisted it was circuitously concerned within the hostilities, however Trump’s newest feedback have stoked hypothesis over a change in technique — and a possible direct U.S. army assault in opposition to Iranian websites.
“From the start, it was suspected that America was concerned, and now, with their very own officers’ phrases, this suspicion is rising stronger,” Khamenei mentioned.
Tensions between the 2 historic Center Jap foes have been working excessive because the October 2023 assault on Israeli territory carried out by Iran-backed Palestinian militant group Hamas. Israel has since accused Iran of offensives undertaken by way of its community of regional allies that additionally embrace Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi teams. Tehran denies involvement.
Amid ongoing fireplace exchanges, Israel’s Protection Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday mentioned in a Google-translated social media replace that “a twister passes over Tehran” and “that is how dictatorships collapse.”
Earlier within the week, leaders of the world’s group of seven (G7) most superior economies had labeled Iran a “principal supply of regional instability and terror” within the Center East and collectively known as for “broader de-escalation of hostilities” regionally. Talking on the sidelines of the G7 summit, Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz mentioned that Israel is doing “the soiled work” for the Western world, in response to Google-translated feedback carried by German outlet ZDF.
Markets have been avidly watching developments within the battle, which threatens to envelop the broader oil-rich Center East area and has pushed buyers to safe-haven belongings, equivalent to gold.
