Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei: Iranians Will Never Surrender – Trump's Demands Are 'Vulgar and Unacceptable'; If the U.S. Enters the War, It Will Suffer Greater Harm Than Iran
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in an address aired on IRINN TV (Iran) on June 18, 2025, that the Iranian nation stands firm in the face of both an imposed war and an imposed peace and it will not yield to anyone's coercion.
He stated that 'the Zionist enemy' had made a grave mistake and committed a major crime, and it must be punished. Khamenei criticized President Trump for threatening Iran in what he described as vulgar and unacceptable language, demanding that the Iranian people surrender.
Khamenei said that threats have no effect on the Iranian people, who are not a nation that surrenders, and they will never surrender to anyone. He warned that if the United States enters the conflict militarily, it will suffer greater harm than Iran, and its losses will be irreparable.
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