Donald Trump has boldly declared that the US is within the strategy of “completely destroying Iran,” whereas ominously hinting at an imminent escalation in tensions.
In a submit made through the early hours on Fact Social, the previous president instructed important developments have been on the horizon for Friday, stating: “Watch what occurs to those deranged scumbags immediately.”
Trump additional elaborated, asserting, “We’re dismantling the terrorist regime of Iran on navy, financial, and different fronts,” in a message shared at 12:33 AM.
He continued to explain the scenario, claiming, “Iran’s Navy is obliterated, their Air Power dismantled, and their arsenal of missiles and drones is being systematically destroyed. Their leaders have been successfully eliminated.”
Emphasizing the would possibly of the U.S., he added, “We possess unmatched firepower, limitless ammunition, and on a regular basis on the planet. Watch what unfolds with these deranged scumbags immediately.”
Trump concluded by reflecting on Iran’s historical past, stating, “For 47 years, they’ve murdered innocents globally, and now, because the forty seventh President of the US, I’m placing an finish to it. What an immense honor that is!”
In a Fox Information radio interview, Trump additionally addressed rumors that Iran’s new Supreme Chief Mojtaba Khamenei could be lifeless, saying he believes he’s ‘nonetheless alive in some type’.
The son of just lately killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not been seen in public since assuming workplace, and a speech was learn on his behalf by way of Iranian state TV on Thursday.
US President Donald Trump has mentioned he believes that new Iranian Supreme Chief Mojtaba Khamenei is ‘alive in some type’ regardless of rumors he has died
Mojtaba Khamenei (pictured), the son of just lately killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has not been seen in public since assuming workplace, with a speech allegedly written by him learn aloud on Iranian state TV Thursday
A plume of smoke covers the town skyline following reported Israeli strikes within the southern suburbs of Beirut, after an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, amid the U.S.-Israeli battle with Iran, Lebanon, March 13, 2026
Nonetheless, Trump dismissed rumors that he’s lifeless. When requested whether or not the brand new chief was nonetheless alive, he mentioned: ‘I believe he most likely is.
‘I believe he’s broken, however I believe he’s most likely alive in some type, you realize.’
The president’s feedback got here throughout an interview with The Brian Kilmeade Present scheduled to air by way of Fox Information Radio Friday at 10.06am ET.
Mojtaba’s phrases have been learn aloud by an Iranian information anchor and broadcast into American houses by CNN Central Information on Thursday afternoon.
The Iranian chief didn’t seem on digicam to ship the message personally, doing little to dispel the rumors that he’s in a coma or has misplaced a leg following the US-Israeli strikes which killed his father, the nation’s earlier Ayatollah, on February 28.
In his speech, Mojtaba declared that ‘the chief of the Islamic Republic’ was ‘addressing the good nation of Iran and the courageous fighters of Iran’, in keeping with an English translation offered for viewers.
The message took on an anti-American tone, as he vowed Iran would avenge the ‘blood of its martyrs.’
The choice to air the unfiltered message was met with fury by viewers who famous that the liberal community will regularly lower away from Donald Trump’s speeches.
Regardless of the discharge of the assertion, Mojtaba is claimed to be in intensive care on the Sina College Hospital within the metropolis’s historic quarter surrounded by safety officers, in keeping with a supply in Tehran.
A piece of the hospital has been sealed off to protect Iran’s Supreme Chief.
It’s unclear whether or not Mojtaba was injured in the identical air strikes which killed his 86-year-old father.
A supply, who doesn’t need to be named out of worry for his life, mentioned the brand new Supreme Chief is underneath the care of Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi, Iran’s Minister of Well being, Remedy and Medical Training and one of many nation’s high trauma surgeons.
Zafarghandi’s Persian Wikipedia web page particulars eight years’ expertise working within the Iran-Iraq battle of the Eighties. The regime’s most trusted physician was additionally injured by chemical weapons himself within the battle.
He’s believed to be assisted by one other senior surgeon, Dr Mohammad Marashi – the brother of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s spouse and a trusted determine within the Islamic regime.
The allegedly wounded Supreme Chief can also be reported to have obtained a go to from the present Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian two days in the past. The president is believed to be being absolutely briefed on Khamenei’s situation.
CNN broadcasted the primary purported message from Iran’s new Supreme Chief, Mojtaba Khamenei, on Thursday
A supply additionally advised the Solar by secret messages despatched to an exiled dissident primarily based in London: ‘One or two of his legs have been lower off. His liver or abdomen has additionally ruptured. He’s apparently in a coma as nicely.’
Whereas the brand new Supreme Chief has additionally not been seen for weeks, Iran is being run by regional commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who’re believed to be underneath orders to battle on indefinitely – even with no chief.
It comes as one other supply, a former research associate of Mojtaba, revealed that the brand new Supreme Chief is claimed to be ‘obsessive about the top of days’ and is ‘extra harmful’ than his father.
It’s unattainable to confirm the situation of Iran’s new Supreme Chief because of the regime’s present web blackout, however Iranian state TV have referred to Mojtaba as ‘Jaanbaz of Ramadan’ – which means ‘wounded battle veteran’.
Many imagine the regime is being run by a ‘Ghost Ayatollah’, because the rogue state continues hitting neighboring Gulf nations and sending oil and fuel costs hovering.
Iran is attempting to inflict sufficient international financial ache to strain the US and Israel to halt their bombardment.
The nation’s president mentioned its assaults would proceed till Iran will get safety ensures in opposition to one other assault, indicating that even a ceasefire or US declaration of victory may not halt the battle.
Trump has in the meantime promised to ‘end the job,’ though he claimed Iran is ‘just about destroyed.’
Mojtaba was named because the Islamic Republic’s subsequent ruler after US-Israeli airstrikes killed his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
It’s nonetheless not recognized whether or not Mojtaba was injured in the identical US-Israeli airstrikes that killed his dad
Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in the meantime launched some 200 rockets from Lebanon at northern Israel whereas sirens rang out and loud booms from the interception of Iranian missiles may very well be heard in different areas.
Israel launched one other wave of assaults on Tehran and in Lebanon, the place 11 folks have been killed.
The UN refugee company mentioned as much as 3.2 million folks in Iran have been displaced by the continued battle. It mentioned most have fled from Tehran and different main cities towards the north of the nation or rural areas. It says a minimum of 759,000 folks have been internally displaced in Lebanon.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian instructed on Thursday that for the battle to finish, the world would wish to acknowledge Iran’s ‘reputable rights,’ pay reparations and supply ensures in opposition to future assaults.
The US and Israel say that destroying no matter stays of Iran’s nuclear program is among the central goals of the battle. They’ve lengthy suspected Iran seeks nuclear weapons, whereas the Islamic Republic says its nuclear program is peaceable.
