Trump claims he spared Khamenei from an ugly death — now wants a thank you from Iran

Time of India

12 hours ago

Donald Trump asserted that he spared Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a recent conflict, despite knowing his location and obliterating Iran's nuclear sites. Trump claims he prevented a devastating final strike by recalling Israeli jets heading to Tehran, expecting gratitude for averting further casualties and offering potential sanctions relief.
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US president Donald Trump said that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should be thanking him, not boasting about victory, following the recent 12-day war between Iran and Israel, as per a report.Trump, writing on his social media platform Truth Social, claimed that he had chosen not to target Khamenei during US and Israeli military operations, even though he knew where the Iranian leader was hiding, as per the Independent report.He pointed out that the octogenarian cleric who has headed Iran's religious fundamentalist government since 1989, had boasted publicly of having won that short conflict, calling the Iranian leader's claim 'a lie,' as reported by the Independent.The US president wrote on Truth Social, saying, 'As a man of great faith, he is not supposed to lie. His Country was decimated, his three evil Nuclear Sites were OBLITERATED, and I knew EXACTLY where he was sheltered, and would not let Israel, or the U.S. Armed Forces, by far the Greatest and Most Powerful in the World, terminate his life,' as quoted by the Independent.ALSO READ: Despite airstrikes, Trump officials quietly courted Iran with $30 billion nuclear deal and sanction relief He highlighted in his post that, 'I SAVED HIM FROM A VERY UGLY AND IGNOMINIOUS DEATH, and he does not have to say, 'THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP!,'' as quoted in the report.The US president also indicated that Khamenei should have expressed gratitude for the Trump's role in pressuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to recall Israel Air Force fighters in the hours before a ceasefire between Israel and Iran went into effect earlier this week, as he said that those planes 'were heading directly to Tehran, looking for a big day, perhaps the final knockout!,' as quoted by the Independent report.Trump said, '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,' as per the report.ALSO READ: Trump says Iran warned of missile strike at Al Udeid base: 'They asked if 1 o'clock was OK — I said fine' He continued the post by claiming that he had spent 'the last few days' working on how to lift longstanding — and in his words, 'BITING', the US sanctions on Tehran to enable the country to have 'much better chance to Iran at a full, fast, and complete recovery,' as quoted by the Independent report.Trump further said that Khamenei's 'statement of anger, hatred, and disgust' had caused him to have 'immediately dropped all work on sanction relief, and more,' according to the report.The US president ended his Truth Social post, saying, 'Iran has to get back into the World Order flow, or things will only get worse for them. They are always so angry, hostile, and unhappy, and look at what it has gotten them - A burned out, blown up Country, with no future, a decimated Military, a horrible Economy, and DEATH all around them,' and added that Tehran's leadership had 'no hope' and things would 'only get worse' until they 'realize that you often get more with HONEY than you do with VINEGAR,' as quoted by the Independent report.Trump's public outburst against Iran's leader came after the US B-2 stealth bombers dropped more than a dozen 30,000 pound bunker-busting bombs onto three Iranian nuclear sites, and he had claimed that the bombing 'obliterated' the Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan nuclear facilities as part of what American officials called 'Operation Midnight Hammer,' according to the Independent.Trump claimed he knew Ayatollah Khamenei's location during the conflict but chose not to have him killed.Trump says his decision to prevent a deadly final strike saved Khamenei's life and spared further Iranian casualties.