‘Without question’: Trump says will bomb Iran again if it gets into nukes; says Khamenei got ‘beat to hell’
A day after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei issued a threat to US, President Donald Trump on Friday told the Shiite state that they got “beat to hell” after US bombed its nuclear facilities.Trump also said that he would bomb Iran again “without question” if it keeps enriching uranium.Asked in a White House press conference whether he would consider fresh air strikes if last week’s sorties were not successful in ending Iran’s nuclear ambitions, he said: “Without question. Absolutely.”Trump said Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “got beat to hell” in the hostilities involving the United States and Israel and that “it was a great time to end it.”This comes a day after Khamenei, in his first televised speech after the attack, warned Iran would target American military bases in the Middle East if the US launched future attacks.
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“The Islamic Republic slapped America in the face. It attacked one of the important American bases in the region,” Khamenei said.Khamenei stated that whilst the US attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities were ineffective, America intervened primarily to protect Israel after Iranian missiles penetrated Israeli defence systems. He characterised Trump’s actions as theatrical, particularly regarding claims about destroying Iran’s nuclear programme with 30,000-pound bombs.Meanwhile, Trump also advised Iran to open itself to international inspection to verify it doesn’t restart its nuclear programme.Asked during a White House news conference if he would demand during expected talks with Iran that the International Atomic Energy Agency or some other organisation be authorised to conduct inspections, Trump responded the Islamic republic would have to cooperate with the group “or somebody that we respect, including ourselves.”Iran’s top diplomat earlier said the possibility of new negotiations with the United States on his country’s nuclear program has been “complicated” by the American attack on three of the sites, which he conceded caused “serious damage.” On June 22, the US carried out Operation Midnight Hammer, dropping 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs on three key underground nuclear sites.The attack was designed to deal a critical blow to Iran’s uranium enrichment programme, in line with Trump’s stance that Iran cannot be allowed to possess nuclear weapons.According to Pentagon figures, more than 125 aircraft participated in the mission, including stealth bombers, support planes, fighters and surveillance craft. A total of 75 precision weapons were used, including 14 bunker busters and over two dozen cruise missiles.
