‘Quite stupid': Donald Trump urged not to ‘kill' Iran's Supreme Leader
The Australian's Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan believes it would be "very foolish' for the United States to kill the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Israel and Iran are launching tit-for-tat missile strikes at one another's cities on Wednesday morning, as Donald Trump considers whether the US should intervene in the conflict, which is entering its sixth day.
'That would just make him a martyr of Islam for all time,' Mr Sheridan told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
'That's quite stupid and very strange remarks from Trump as so many remarks from Trump are.'
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