Yeah, "State Media":
Posted on 04/30/2026 2:19:40 PM PDT by Libloather
Iran’s severely injured supreme leader remained defiant Thursday as he vowed to protect the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and missile capabilities — warning that America’s only place in the Gulf was “at the bottom of its waters.”
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who has yet to be seen since becoming the supreme leader following his father’s death, issued another statement via state media rejecting President Trump’s peace terms and the American naval blockade on Iran’s ports.
“Ninety million proud and honorable Iranians inside and outside the country regard all of Iran’s identity-based, spiritual, human, scientific, industrial and technological capacities — from nanotechnology and biotechnology to nuclear and missile capabilities — as national assets, and will protect them just as they protect the country’s waters, land and airspace,” Khamenei’s message read.
“Foreigners who come from thousands of kilometers away to act with greed and malice there have no place in it — except at the bottom of its waters,” he added, slamming America as the “Great Satan.”
Trump has made it clear that one of his top goals of the war is to deny Iran the ability to develop nuclear weapons, with nearly 1,000 pounds of enriched uranium still located inside the country.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said earlier this week that under no circumstances could Iran be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons or else the entire Middle East and American allies would be in danger.
“They seek to dominate the region. And imagine that with a nuclear weapon,” Rubio told Fox News.
Iran has denied allegations that it is using its uranium to develop weapons, claiming it’s only meant for a civilian nuclear program.
Along with rejecting America’s demands, Khamenei signaled that Iran would keep the Strait of Hormuz shut, warning that a “new chapter” was coming for the Persian Gulf.
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Hahaha
as well as some portion of its airforce.
Double hahaha.
The main reason the President has not destroyed their bridges and oil infrastructure is to keep most of the Iranian people on his side. Least we forgot this all started with protests against the regime.
I saw Big Mo at an ATM the other day.
He was just checking his balance.
Suuuure...Mojtaba said this, must be, they told us so.
Iran is collapsing, scattered leadership, factions splintering, economy folding, etc., etc..
I would assume this is all going to be driven by intel. If the hard-liners are getting the upper hand, bomb them. If something completely different is, pause.
I don’t even believe Mojtaba is even in a state to say anything, likely not even alive. It’s all smoke and mirrors right now.
Did they use a cardboard cutout of him when they said this?
Trump vows to post more tough guy memes.
Uh huh.
Sure.
Don’t buy it.
Blockade is brilliant tactic. Much cheaper than using expensive munitions and expensive planes. Economic pain Iran is suffering is more effective than bombing military targets.
Iran currency has dropped from 45,000 Rials to one dollar a year ago to 1,600,000 Rials to one dollar. Inflation in Iran is now off the charts.
Best we to strip those mullah’s is to take money away. Besides why would we want to negotiate with known liars and cheaters such as Iran?
Clock doesn’t run or even exist during a cog - continuity of government for the CIC
Slo-Jo gave the IRGC his auto-pen.
Can’t let these bearded men have access to nuclear weapons
The lives of 100 million people are at stake
The democrats don’t want to understand that trump is trying to save the lives of 100 million people in the Middle East
Let’s go to the Hop
We don’t know, but personally, I have my doubts that he is alive.
It is still a possibility though.
Time to give them another ass-whooping.
Yep, we still have countless bunkers in Fresno, Bakersfield and around the country filled with rusty munitions from Viet Nam and Korea.
No need for B-1s or B-2s just send the pickup trucks of the sky, B-52s or C-130s and role them out the back.
Waste not.
The only reason Iran wants a nuclear bomb is for nuclear coercion. With it, they are a regional or increasingly likely interhemispherical threat that can blackmail the world like they do now with their neighbors with conventional weapons. They are different in as much as their religion would justify their use. They are untrustworthy.
Even after getting blown up and disfigured, one thing’s for certain, he didn’t learn 5hit. He may be alive but he’s still stupid.
Yeah, "State Media":
OK. Enjoy sitting in the cold and dark, starving. Personally, I wish we’d just light them up and be done with it.
“The democrats don’t want to understand that trump is trying to save the lives of 100 million people in the Middle East”
In 10 years they’ll have missiles that reach the US.
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