U.S. President Donald Trump stated Saturday afternoon that Iranian Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei was useless following the joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.
“Khamenei, one of the crucial evil folks in Historical past, is useless,” Trump stated in a statement on Truth Social.
Khamenei was “unable to keep away from our Intelligence and Extremely Refined Monitoring Programs,” Trump wrote, including that there was “not a factor he, or the opposite leaders which have been killed together with him, might do.”
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Khamenei, 86, had held ultimate control over Iran’s political, navy and non secular establishments as Iran’s supreme chief since 1989. He had no identified successor, per the Associated Press, making his demise more likely to create an influence vacuum.
Workplace of the Iranian Supreme Chief through AP
Trump had introduced early morning Saturday that the U.S. and Israel had launched a major attack on Iran. In his announcement, he appeared to push for regime change, urging the Iranian folks to “seize management” of their “future.” He echoed that sentiment in his assertion on Khamenei, calling the state of affairs “the only best probability for the Iranian folks to take again their Nation.”
Nevertheless, Trump stated that “the heavy and pinpoint bombing” of Iran will proceed “uninterrupted all through the week” or “so long as vital to realize our goal of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!”
Iranian state media stated Saturday night that no less than 201 folks had been killed and 700 injured within the strikes, with greater than 50 killed in a strike on a girls’ school.
Iran retaliated with its personal strikes on Israel in addition to U.S. navy bases all through the area. As of Saturday afternoon, the U.S. navy had reported no American casualties.
