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Trump Threatens Iran's Supreme Leader, Urges Unconditional Surrender

Trump Threatens Iran's Supreme Leader, DemandsUrges Unconditional Surrender

Above: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at the G7 Leaders' Summit on June 16, 2025 in Kananaskis, Canada. Image copyright: Suzanne Plunkett/Getty Images

The Spin

As Netanyahu pushes for the killing of another rival leader in the Middle East — now Iran's Ali Khamenei — to force a regime change with the support of warmongers in the U.S., one can only expecthope that Trump's threats are merely rhetorical and that he will make good on his promises not to start wars, especially one that is Iraq War 2.0. Americans have long had enough of Israeli-catalyzed wars.

Iran cannot have uranium enrichment, period. Either Khamenei agrees to the easy way and surrenders, or the U.S. will have no option other than to take action. As the Trump administration is well aware of the consequences of foreign entanglement over the past decades, Americans may rest assured that the U.S. will do only what is needed for peace and stability to prevail there.

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Iran cannot have uranium enrichment, period. Either Khamenei agrees to the easy way and surrenders, or the U.S. will have no option other than to take action. As the Trump administration is well aware of the consequences of foreign entanglement over the past decades, Americans may rest assured that the U.S. will do only what is needed for peace and stability to prevail there.

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 76% chance that Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, will make a public appearance in Iran before July 14, 2025, according to the Metaculus prediction community,


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