Posted on 06/18/2025 4:34:55 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a statement read by a television presenter on Wednesday that his country will not accept US President Donald Trump's call for an unconditional surrender.
In his first remarks since Friday, when he delivered a speech broadcast on state media after Israel began bombarding Iran, Khamenei said peace or war could not be imposed on the Islamic Republic.
"Intelligent people who know Iran, the Iranian nation, and its history will never speak to this nation in threatening language because the Iranian nation will not surrender," he said.
"The Americans should know that any US military intervention will undoubtedly be accompanied by irreparable damage."
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He had to think about it a while.
Well, sounds like someone just signed his own death warrant.
In a world where the ruling elites are meeting in Swiss Alp Hamlets guarded by armed mercenaries, as they plan for a 30% reduction in global population as a stated goal, I worry bigly on what they might go operational with in situations like this?
Good post. War is one of many ways to depopulate.
Sounds like he’s rejecting surrender of any type.
Well his impactful event of the century was a bust.
I’m betting his ‘we will fight to the death’ approach will bear fruit though.
We do indeed live in interesting times.
Fair enough. Time to die.
Blowhard, it’s all he’s got left, just some hot air. Not doing so well against Israel, getting their ass kicked, and he thinks he can take us on? What a damn fool. I don’t understand why Pres. Trump is holding off on vaporizing the bastard.
Time to kill that mo fo
Did he say, “Cross this line, you die?”
Well OK then.
Still with the ‘I will keel you!’ routine. It has grown stale.
“”Iranian nation will not surrender,””
That’s the “nation.” Has he checked with the Iranian people? They would probably have a different take on the subject..Give us liberty and freedom to uncover our heads, wear makeup, paint our fingernails (ladies) - to LIVE OUR LIVES!
Somehow, in light of events, his words just don’t have much bite to them.
Didn’t the shah surrender iran?
“any U.S. military intervention will undoubtedly be accompanied by
irreparable damage “
well ….. he’s right about that
It’s only a flesh wound, don’cha know…
War. Food. Disease. Usually in that order, although not necessarily. I see them tinkering with all three right now.
Khameini knows he is in the crosshairs. He didn’t think he ever would be until now. Trump has been in the crosshairs since 2015, so it is nothing new for him. He learned to adapt to it.
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