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President Trump did not rule out U.S. military intervention on behalf of Israel, saying, “Nobody knows what I’m going to do.”
June 18, 2025, 5:43 p.m. ET
Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday defiantly rejected President Trump’s demand for an “unconditional surrender,” and warned against any American military intervention in Israel’s escalating war with Iran, now in its sixth day.
“Intelligent people who know Iran, the nation and the history of Iran, will never speak to this nation in the language of threats, because the Iranian nation cannot be surrendered,” the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in a televised statement, according to state media. “The Americans should know that any U.S. military intervention will undoubtedly be accompanied by irreparable damage.”
His remarks came a day after Mr. Trump raised the possibility of killing Mr. Khamenei but said he would not do so, “at least for now.” On Wednesday, Mr. Trump continued to hold out the possibility that the United States might join Israel’s war against Iran.
“Nobody knows what I’m going to do,” he said.
Even as they traded threats, U.S. and Iranian officials sent conflicting signals on Wednesday about their willingness to engage in diplomacy.
Mr. Trump said the Iranians had reached out to him and that the two sides might meet, though he did not provide details. While he castigated the Iranians for not agreeing sooner to a deal to limit their nuclear program, he told reporters on the White House lawn that “nothing’s too late.”
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