By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News
WASHINGTON (Worthy News) – U.S. President Donald J. Trump urged Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to surrender, saying the United States knows where he is hiding and suggested he may be killed one day.
“We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there – We are not going to take him out (kill!),” Trump wrote on the Truth Social media platform, adding: “at least not for now.”
But, “we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump added in his message that was likely closely watched by Tehran.
He also urged in a social media posting, Iran’s “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” as the five-day conflict continues to escalate with dozens of Israelis killed and hundreds wounded after barrages of Iranian rockets.
Iran said at least 224 civilians have been killed in Israeli attacks. Israel said its death toll from Iranian strikes had risen to at least 24 or 25 since the beginning of the confrontation, with hundreds injured.
Trump’s increasingly muscular comments towards Tehran come after he urged Tehran’s 9.5 million residents to flee for their lives.
He shortened his visit to the Group of Seven summit in Canada to return to Washington for urgent talks with his national security team.
COMPLETE CONTROL
His comments about Khamenei and calls for surrender came shortly after Trump, in a separate social media post, claimed complete control of the skies over Tehran.
Yet there were no indications that Trump’s rhetoric halted Iranian attacks on Israel, with Iran’s Defence Ministry saying it used a new, “undetectable missile” in striking an Israeli intelligence facility.
Tehran said the attack penetrated multiple layers of air defences. “In today’s attack, we deployed missiles that could not be tracked or intercepted,” added Brigadier General Reza Talaei-Nik, the ministry’s spokesperson.
He called the operation “a surprise” for Israelis, warning that they will witness more. Earlier Tuesday, Iran said its missile attacks hit a military intelligence centre and “a Mossad operations planning center,” referring to Israel’s renowned secret service.
Talaei-Nik added that Israel is not prepared for prolonged conflict. “The Zionist regime cannot withstand a long war,” he said, adding that Iran’s military has been equipped with advanced systems – some of which “have not yet even been deployed”.
He spoke after earlier Tuesday, Israel said it had assassinated Iran’s most senior military commander, in a sign that even the country’s supreme leader might be next.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Tuesday that they killed Major General Ali Shadmani, identified as Iran’s “wartime chief of staff.” He became commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, the unified combatant command of the Iranian Armed Forces, after Israel assassinated his predecessor, Gholam Ali Rashid, last Friday.
Copyright 1999-2025 Worthy News. This article was originally published on Worthy News and was reproduced with permission.
Latest News from Worthy News
Israel’s political crisis deepened this week as former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett renewed demands for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign over what critics have dubbed the “Qatargate” affair—claims that Netanyahu’s office and allies firmly reject as a manufactured scandal already dismissed by the courts.
The U.S. economy grew at a robust 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter, marking its fastest expansion in two years, according to new data released Tuesday by the U.S. Commerce Department.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump can’t use National Guard troops in Chicago to help federal immigration enforcement, in another blow to the president’s push for federalization nationwide.
Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah said late Tuesday that the country has suffered a “great loss” after its military chief was confirmed among eight people killed in a private plane crash shortly after takeoff from Turkey’s capital, Ankara.
The Netherlands remained on edge Tuesday after a car drove into a crowd of people waiting to watch a Christmas parade in the eastern Dutch town of Nunspeet, injuring numerous people at a time when Europe has faced several threats against holiday events.
Officials say massive Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine have killed at least three people, including a four-year-old child, while cutting power to several regions just two days before Christmas, as the country faces bitter winter cold.
The remaining 130 schoolchildren and staff abducted by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria last month — one of the largest mass kidnappings in the country’s history — have been freed, officials confirmed.