Trump may bomb Iran again over nuke threat, halts plan to ease sanctions
US President Donald Trump issued a sharp warning to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday, announcing he has scrapped plans to ease sanctions and is weighing new military action if Tehran continues uranium enrichment at dangerous levels.Trump said he had halted a major Israeli strike on Tehran in the final stages of the conflict and scrapped plans to ease sanctions after Khamenei issued a defiant statement. He also warned that Iran faces further isolation and destruction unless its leadership changes course.advertisement'Why would the so-called 'Supreme Leader,' Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, of the war-torn Country of Iran, say so blatantly and foolishly that he won the War with Israel when he knows his statement is a lie?' he said.
'His Country was decimated, his three evil Nuclear Sites were OBLITERATED, and I knew EXACTLY where he was sheltered I SAVED HIM FROM A VERY UGLY AND IGNOMINIOUS DEATH.''They have no hope, and it will only get worse! You often get more with HONEY than you do with VINEGAR. PEACE!!!' Trump added. Trump's remarks followed Khamenei's first public statement on the recent 12-day conflict with Israel, which ended last weekend after US airstrikes targeted Iranian nuclear facilities.In a defiant speech, Khamenei claimed Iran had "slapped America in the face" by striking a major US base in Qatar and vowed the country would "never surrender."Responding forcefully, Trump said he had personally spared Khamenei's life, referencing a June 15 Reuters report in which US officials revealed Trump had blocked an Israeli plan to assassinate the Iranian leader.- EndsTune InMust Watch
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