Middle East
Iran’s Leader Stays Defiant as Trump Weighs War Intervention
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected President Donald Trump’s demands for complete capitulation and predicted “irreparable damage” if the US joins Israel in bombarding his country.
“The Americans should know that the Iranian nation is not one to surrender,” Khamenei said in a statement published on his official website on Wednesday. “Any military incursion by the United States will undoubtedly result in irreparable damage.”