It stops -furen between Israel and Iran prevented the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei not to fire a position on X and to hit President Donald Trump.
“The American president stated:” Iran must surrender. “Unnecessary to say that this statement is too great to get out of the mouth of the US president,” Khamenei wrote.
On June 17, a few days before the US performed the strikes about the nuclear facilities of Iran, Trump took social to demand an “unconditional surrender” from Tehran. In a separate message on the same day, Trump said that the US had “full and total control over the air over Iran.”
Trump too took a wipe to khamenei Sailing that the US knew where the Iranian leader hid himself.
“We know exactly where the so -called ‘Supreme Leader’ hides,” Trump wrote. “He is an easy target, but is safe there – we are not going to take it out (kill!), At least not for now. But we don’t want rockets that have been shot on civilians or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin.”
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The supreme leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a television, after ceases -the fires between Iran and Israel, in Tehran, Iran, 26 June 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/Wana (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters)
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Khamenei’s comments seemed more focused on projecting power than reflecting reality.
After Iran’s attack on Al-Euweid, the American airbase in Qatar, Khamenei scored that Iran “delivered a heavy blow to the US’s face.” However, Trump called it a “very weak reaction” before he revealed that Iran gave the US “early notification” of the planned retribution.
“Iran officially responded to our destruction of their nuclear facilities with a very weak reaction that we had expected, and have been very effective. 14 rockets were fired – 13 were taken down and 1 was ‘liberated’ because it was led in a non -threatening direction.

The supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei and President Donald Trump, consider direct military involvement. April 1, 2025 (Khamenei: West Asia News Agency, Reuters; Trump: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
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Since Israel launched its effect against Iran, Khamei has been hidden and,,,, According to ReutersHis family is monitored by the Vali-Ye AMR Special Forces unit from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. Some believed – and even hoped – that the end of the nuclear program would also mean the end of the rule of the Islamic Republic; However, reports of an internal security performance have made the possibility of regime change less likely.

President Donald Trump is shown in the situation room in addition to a picture of the damage caused to the nuclear facility of Iran on June 21, 2025. (The White House; Maxar Technologies via Reuters)
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The regime is said to perform mass arrests and executions. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (Hrana) said Monday that 705 people were arrested in Iran for “political or security -related charges.” Many of the charges include accusations of espionage on behalf of Israel.
It is said that three people are already executed for alleged espionage on behalf of the Mossad, Israel’s equivalent of the CIA, NBC News reportedWith reference to Tasnim, that is affiliated with the IRGC.