It comes as Tehran contradicted the Ayatollah by admitting damage done to their nuclear sites was “severe”
DONALD Trump has claimed that he saved Iran’s Supreme Leader from an “ugly death” by ordering Israeli jets to turn around mid-air during an attack.
The President slammed the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after he claimed Iran had won the war – following Tehran’s response to Trump’s Operation Midnight Hammer attack.
In a Truth Social post, Trump raged: “I SAVED HIM FROM A VERY UGLY AND IGNOMINIOUS DEATH.
“And he does not have to say, ‘THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP!’
Iran responded to Trump’s strikes on key nuclear sites in Iran by targeting a US army base in Doha, Qatar, with a daring missile blitz.
Tehran admitted that Operation Midnight Hammer and Israeli attacks had caused “excessive and serious” damage to the nuclear facilities.
But the admission on Friday contradicted the Supreme Leader’s claims that Trump “exaggerated” the success of the sophisticated attack.
Trump said of the American strikes: “His Country was decimated, his three evil Nuclear Sites were OBLITERATED, and I knew EXACTLY where he was sheltered.”
The US President then made the bombshell claim that he saved the Ayatollah’s life, saying he “would not let Israel, or the U.S. Armed Forces, by far the Greatest and Most Powerful in the World, terminate his life”.
He explained: “In fact, in the final act of the War, I demanded that Israel bring back a very large group of planes, which were heading directly to Tehran, looking for a big day, perhaps the final knockout!”
He added: “Tremendous damage would have ensued, and many Iranians would have been killed.
“It was going to be the biggest attack of the War, by far.”
Trump also blasted the Ayatollah’s claims that Iran won the war.
He said: “Why would the so-called ‘Supreme Leader,’ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, of the war torn Country of Iran, say so blatantly and foolishly that he won the War with Israel, when he knows his statement is a lie, it is not so.
“As a man of great faith, he is not supposed to lie.”
Iran’s Foreign Minister said that US and Israeli airstrikes caused “excessive and serious damage” to the Ayatollah’s nuclear facilities.
And he shut down suggestions that the mullahs would return to the negotiating table for a nuclear deal following the devastating blitz.
Abbas Araghchi said: “I would like to state clearly that no agreement, arrangement or conversation has been made to start new negotiations.
“Don’t take Trump’s words seriously… No plan has been set yet to start negotiations.”
His words came after the White House claimed Iran’s nuclear sites had been “completely and totally obliterated” by the strikes – and said they would take years to rebuild.
Source: https://www.the-sun.com/news/14577725/trump-saved-ayatollah-death/