Trump ‘considering bombing Iran' & says he ‘knows exactly where the Ayatollah is hiding but won't kill him… for now'
DONALD Trump is reportedly considering joining Israel in striking Iranian nuclear sites hours after he sent a direct warning to the Ayatollah saying he is an "easy target".
Trump claimed the US and Israel know exactly where Iran 's Supreme Leader is hiding out but he won't order any assassination plot "for now".
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Israel threatened Khamenei hours earlier saying he will face the same grisly fate as Iraq's Saddam Hussein who was hanged by his own people if he doesn't start to negotiate soon.
The threat of regime change came after Trump demanded a "real end" to Iran's nuclear programme which is the root of the ongoing conflict.
And the US president cranked up pressure on the evil mullah's crumbling reign by firing a warning as he moved the might of America's war machine towards the war zone.
The US leader called for an "unconditional surrender" in a trio of Truth Social posts as he told Tehran they have lost complete control of the skies after five days of Israeli airstrikes.
He is now said to be considering allowing for a US strike on Iran, according to multiple current and former administration officials.
The conversation is said to have been top of the agenda during a National Security Council at the White House.
America's involvement in the Middle East has been widely speculated in the past 24 hours with Trump even ditching the G7 summit on Monday as he urged Tehran to evacuate "everyone".
The president is said to have rushed back to Washington to convene a meeting in the White House Situation Room over Iran today.
He has refused to specify the endgame, but has ominously warned: "You're going to find out over the next two days."
But two Israeli officials have told Axios they believe Trump is likely to enter the war in the coming days.
It follows Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz saying Khamenei should "remember what happened to the dictator in the neighbouring country" - directly referring to the death of Saddam Hussein.
Fanatical Islamist terror stoker Khamenei, 86, and his family are believed to have bolted to a fortified underground hiding place in a suburb of capital Tehran.
He went to ground after swathes of military top brass and nuclear scientists were wiped out in in simultaneous surgical strikes at the start of Israel's Operation Rising Lion on Friday.
Israel has started to boast it is "on the verge of destroying" at least ten nuclear targets in Iran and could soon attack the mountain-fortress Fordow facility.
The nuclear watchdog confirmed for the first time today it had detected "direct hits" on the key underground enrichment zone of Iran's Natanz nuclear site.
Israel and Iran have continued to trade missiles today, with Tehran's civilians fleeing the city in their thousands and a handful of casualties reported by Tel Aviv.
The IDF said it has killed Iran's most senior military commander - and the person closest to the Supreme Leader - for the second time in five days.
Iran claimed it had hit the HQ of Israel's intelligence agency Mossad - though this has not been confirmed - and repeatedly warned of stepping up missile and drone attacks.
Tension across the Middle East is now skyrocketing as the conflict threatens to spiral into a wider regional war after Pakistan called for the Islamic world to back Iran.
Islamabad even warned they will nuke Israel, a senior Iranian general claimed.
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WATCH: IDF destroys two of Iran's last remaining Tomcat jets
The IDF has released dramatic footage of it blowing up two of Iran's last-remaining F-14 Tomcats.
These are iconic US-made fighter jets worth tens of billions of dollars.
The destruction of these two deals another hefty blow to Iran's fast-dwindling defence capabilities.
RECAP of Our Recent Operations Over Tehran:
🛫 Strike on two F-14 fighter jets that were located at an airport in Tehran. These jets were intended to intercept Israeli aircraft.
❌ Thwarted a UAV launch attempt toward Israel.
🎯 Eliminated a launch cell minutes before launch… pic.twitter.com/y1gY7oBz99
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 16, 2025
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