Another night of missiles between Iran and Israel, with Tehran announcing that it also used hypersonic ones and the IDF assuring that it hit sites for Tehran's nuclear program.
And Khamenei responds to Trump's ultimatum: "The battle begins, we will show no mercy," he writes in a post on X. Then he speaks on TV with a speech to the nation: "Americans should know that we will not surrender, any US military intervention will cause them irreparable damage."
The US president has issued an ultimatum to Tehran, demanding an "unconditional surrender" and threatening the Supreme Leader: "We know where Khamenei is, we will not eliminate him for now" . Trump is seriously considering going to war and launching an attack against Iran , according to US media, citing sources who spoke after yesterday's security meeting at the White House. But not all Republicans would agree.
At the end of the G7 , Giorgia Meloni also spoke: "The goal is to reach negotiations that allow Iran not to become a nuclear power. We are moving towards escalation but a different scenario is still possible" , said the Prime Minister, rejecting the hypothesis of mediation by Vladimir Putin.
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IAEA: "Never Said Iran Is Building a Nuclear Weapon"
"We have come to the conclusion that we cannot say that there is a systematic effort in Iran at the moment to produce a nuclear weapon," IAEA director Rafael Grossi told Sky News. The IAEA report, widely cited by Israel, found that Iran was enriching uranium to 60 percent, the only country in the world to do so. So "there were elements of concern," Grossi said, adding: "But to say that they are building and manufacturing a nuclear weapon, no, we did not say that."
Iran Responds to Trump: "Never Asked for a Meeting"
The Iranian mission to the UN has responded to Trump's claims that Tehran had contacted Washington asking for a meeting at the White House. "No Iranian official has ever asked to crawl to the gates of the White House," it said, citing Sky News. "The only thing more despicable than his lies is his cowardly threat to 'eliminate' Iran's Supreme Leader. Iran will not negotiate under duress, will not accept peace under duress, and certainly not with a warmonger." Iran will "respond to any threat with a counter-threat and to any action with reciprocal measures."
