WASHINGTON (Kashmir English): U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a strong warning to Iran, threatening further military action if Tehran resumes its nuclear program, while launching a personal attack on Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In his speech, Khamenei claimed that Iran had successfully pushed back against the U.S. and Israel, even calling their actions a “defeat.”
The warning came in a post shared on Trump’s Truth Social platform on Friday, where the president responded to Khamenei’s claims of a “victory” in the recent 12-day conflict with Israel. Trump accused the Iranian leader of lying “blatantly and foolishly” and said his government had “obliterated” Iran’s key nuclear sites.
“His country was decimated, his three evil Nuclear Sites were OBLITERATED,” Trump wrote, referring to strikes reportedly carried out by US and Israeli forces on Iranian facilities at Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz earlier this month.
The president also claimed he had personally intervened to stop a final attack on Khamenei, despite knowing “EXACTLY where he was sheltered,” and insisted that both the United States and Israel could have eliminated the Iranian leader.
Khamenei, in his first public comments since the war ended in a ceasefire earlier this week, had claimed Iran had “slapped America in the face” by launching retaliatory missile attacks on a US base in Qatar. He further asserted that Iran had emerged victorious from the conflict, which saw intense cross-border strikes and marked one of the most serious escalations between the two adversaries in years.
Trump dismissed those claims as “a statement of anger, hatred, and disgust,” and said the remarks had prompted him to halt efforts towards sanctions relief and potential diplomatic engagement with Tehran.
Earlier the same day, Trump was asked during a White House news briefing whether further military action was on the table if Iran resumed its nuclear pursuits. He responded unequivocally: “Sure, without question.”
His comments came amid growing international concern over the future of Iran’s nuclear programme. Following the strikes, Iran’s parliament passed legislation suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), effectively cutting off the international watchdog’s access to the bombed sites.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), said that Tehran would likely deny inspection requests by the IAEA, calling Director General Rafael Grossi’s insistence on visiting the facilities “meaningless” and potentially “malign in intent.”
