President Trump warns as tensions between Iran and Israel escalate
As Israeli-Iran’s conflict escalates, President Trump warned Iran not to attack US targets.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has rejected a recent Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A senior US official told USA Today on June 15th.
Speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the delicate consultations, US officials confirmed that Israel had been offered the opportunity to kill Khamenei, but Trump planned and piloted them.
Reuters first reported on Trump, rejecting plans to take away Iran’s top leader.
A senior Trump administration official told Reuters: “Did the Iranians still kill the Americans? No.
It was not immediately clear whether Trump or other administration officials had brought the president’s position to Israel regarding Iran’s top leader.
Since Israel carried out the airstrikes on June 13, US officials have been communicating regularly with Israeli counterparts. Iran and Israel have been trading attacks ever since.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to a Reuters report in an interview on the Fox News Channel’s “special report with Brett Byer” on Sunday.
“There are a lot of false and false reports of conversations that never happened. I’m not going to get into it,” Netanyahu said. “But I can tell you, we do what we need to do, we do what we need to do, and I think the US knows what’s good for the US.”
Netanyahu also did not deny that the change in Iran’s regime was part of Israel’s purpose in connection with military operations in Iran.
“The Iranian regime is very weak, so that certainly could be a consequence,” Netanyahu said. “I think there are basically two things left. It’s a plan that has an atomic bomb and a ballistic missile. That’s basically what Iran has. They certainly don’t have people.
In a June 15 post on the True Society, Trump warned Iran not to attack US targets as its conflict with Iran escalates, saying that the “complete strength and power” of the US military can be used against Iran.
“Sometimes they have to fight that, but we’re going to see what happens,” Trump told reporters outside the White House Sunday evening before he left for the group at the Seven Nations Summit for Alberta, Canada. “I think there’s a good chance there’s a deal.”
Contribution: Reuters
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