As expected, Khamenei is in a bunker with his family while his country is being pummeled. Israel targeted the city of Mashhad on Sunday, and a diplomatic source has told Iran International “that the Israeli airstrike on Mashhad was a warning to Iran’s Supreme Leader that he is not safe anywhere in the country.”
According to a report in the Times of Israel, Israel didn’t kill Khamenei on Friday in order “to give him chance to yield.” But now, Reuters and others are reporting that Trump “vetoed” Israel’s plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader. When one reads the report however, Trump did no such thing. Trump was specifically referring to America when he said: “Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we’re not even talking about going after the political leadership.” That statement has nothing to do with “vetoing Israel,” and neither does Trump’s hope in Iran yielding.
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated: “There’s so many false reports of conversations that never happened, and I’m not going to get into that.” In this case, reports about Trump vetoing Israel point to a media agenda of undermining of the Trump-Netanyahu relationship.
In a statement Monday, Trump said: “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!” And: “Iran should have signed the ‘deal’ I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”
“Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is living in bunker with family amid war with Israel: Report,” WION, June 16, 2025:
Israel-Iran War: Amid the ongoing conflict with Israel, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has taken shelter in a bunker in Lavizan in northeastern Tehran. He moved there just hours after Israel began its attacks on Tehran early Friday (June 13), Iran International reported, citing sources.
Along with Khamenei, his other family members, including his son Mojtaba, also took shelter in the bunker.
The Iranian news agency reported that during the other previous operations against Israel, True Promise 1 and True Promise 2 – the Ayatollah was in the bunker with his family.
This came after Israel targeted the city of Mashhad on Sunday (June 15) for the first time. A source told the agency that the airstrike was a warning to Khamenei that he is not safe anywhere in the country.
The source said that Israel could have killed Khamenei on the first night of the attack itself. But the Netanyahu government chose to keep him alive and gave him a final chance to dismantle his country’s uranium enrichment program….
Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader, US officials say”, by Steve Holland, Reuters, June 15, 2025:
WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday.
“Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we’re not even talking about going after the political leadership,” said one of the sources, a senior U.S. administration official.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said top U.S. officials have been in constant communications with Israeli officials in the days since Israel launched a massive attack on Iran in a bid to halt its nuclear program.
They said the Israelis reported that they had an opportunity to kill the top Iranian leader, but Trump waved them off of the plan.
The officials would not say whether Trump himself delivered the message. But Trump has been in frequent communications with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
When asked about Reuters report, Netanyahu, in an interview on Sunday with Fox News Channel’s “Special Report With Bret Baier,” said: “There’s so many false reports of conversations that never happened, and I’m not going to get into that.”
“But I can tell you, I think that we do what we need to do, we’ll do what we need to do. And I think the United States knows what is good for the United States,”…..
Bexarkat says
Have not the Iranians, through their proxies Hezbollah and Hamas killed many Americans? Now is not the time to quibble. The war will end with Khamenei’s one-on-one conferance with Allah.
OLD GUY says
Bexarkat: The sooner the better.
Hugh Fitzgerald says
So he’s living in a bunker? Then this calls for a bunker buster.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Should they prioritize b/w his bunker, or the Fordow enrichment plant?
gravenimage says
+1
Aloha Akbar says
Let the people decide their own fate. Trump has caused Chaos in Tehran with his words alone.
He should encourage the people of lran to overthrow the evil regime.
Bret says
Iranians have caused their own chaos. They continue to back terrorists regimes until they get bombed. It’s not Trumps words, just the words that the left pretends he says. I suppose you are ok with supporting and funding the terrorists like Biden and Obama did.
Kosh's Shadow says
I think the Iranians should get the chance to kill him. It won’t be as quick as Israel. Probably beaten and hanging if not ripped apart
Dan W Dagovitz says
I will not believe anything that Muslims say…
I will not believe anything the Leftist Liars say…
We cannot trust anything that comes from the Leftist main stream media about the Operation Rising Lion, the just retribution and preventive attack against the rabid Iranian regime This operation involved strikes on multiple locations across Iran, targeting key nuclear sites and military installations to deny the Iranian a path to a nuclear device. Israel has taken every effort to minimize Iranian civilian casualties while Iran has TARGETED Israeli civilian population centers!
Greater Israel and all Israeli people are in my prayers!
God Bless Israel!
God Bless America!
Sword of God!
Billy says
Islam and its Muslims are totalitarian and terroristic against all Non-Muslims as taught in Islam’s Quran(Quran 5:51; 9:5, 29, 111; 98:6-7, etc.). The Muslim State has ultimate power and control over the people, and Islam’s people are against America, Israel, and Non-Muslims. Allah in Quran 5:51 says, “O you who have believed[Muslims], do not take the Jews and the Nasara(Christians) as friends. They are friends to one another. And whoever among you takes them as friends, so surely he is of them. Surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.” See also Quran 2:63-65; 3:115; 4:144; 5:59-60, 82; 7:166.
Allah’s hateful Islam, a Terrorist-Criminal Enterprise and a Murderous Cult, and its Believers, Terrorists for Allah(Quran 9:41, 88; 5:35, etc.), continually fund, promote, and practice ideological subversion, propaganda, bigotry, discrimination, deceit, mass murder, supremacy, segregation, hatred, incitement to violence, genocide, and terrorism as taught in Islamic Law, Sharia, and in Islam’s Quran. Muslim actions should be legally challenged with a multi-faceted force of Western Laws like Muslims wield against Americans and Westerners via Tax Exempt Organizations, the Media and Hollywood, Foreign Funding, etc. because Islam violates and is incompatible with Western Laws(Quran 9:5,29, 111; 49:15; 60:4 etc.).
Like a Foreign Terrorist Organization(FTO) designated by the USA Secretary of State, Islam functions as a MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION(MTO) fighting against Non-Muslims and NOT A PEACEFUL religion under Western Law because Islam funds, teaches, and promotes Terrorist Criminal Organizations with Muslims as Terrorists for Allah(Quran 9:5,29, 111; 49:15 etc.).
Allah’s demoniacal Islam, a hateful Antichrist Ideology, is using Western Freedoms and Laws against Non-Muslims to conquer Non-Muslims under Islamic Rule. Non-Muslims should legally designate Islam as a Muslim Terrorist Organization(MTO) where Mosques, Muslim Schools, Islamic Centers, Sharia Courts, and Muslim Organizations are banned because of their segregation and discrimination to fight back against ISLAMIZATION, Muslim subjugation, discrimination, and tyrannical violence(Quran 4:65; 9:5,29,111; 60:4; 98:6-7 and more).
Sahih Bukhari 3126 says, “… the Prophet said, He who fights so that Allah’s Word(ie. Islam) should be superior, fights for Allah’s Cause.” Allah in Quran 9:111 says, “Surely Allah has purchased from the believers[Muslims] their souls and their money so that they may have the garden[Heavenly Paradise]. They engage in war for the sake of Allah[ie. Allah’s Cause), so they kill and are killed…”.
Under Islam and Islamic Law, Muslims have the Legal Right and the Quranic Duty to terrorize Non-Muslims because neglecting this QURANIC DUTY is a Crime against tyrannical Allah. Jihad means warfare against Non-Muslims to ESTABLISH ISLAM’S RELIGION(Quran 3:115, 151; 9:5, 29, 111; Muslim Law Manual: “Reliance of the Traveller”, o9.0 and more).
More specifically, Islam, a terroristic-totalitarian way of life, is a Muslim Terrorist Ideology and Murderous, Criminal Enterprise of: intolerance, continuous war, discrimination, segregation, supremacy, genocide, polygamy, propaganda, deceit, hatred, incitement, sedition, rape, terrorism, and violence against all Non-Muslims as taught in the Quran(Quran 2:208,216; 4:65, 89,95, 115; 5:14,64; 8:12,39,60, 74; 9:5,21,29,36, 41,49, 73,88, 111,123; 21:92; 49:15; 60:4; 61:9-11; 62:6; 89:14; etc.).
Roadrunner says
Well, we’ve been told that something big is going to happen on Thursday, or Friday, so if we tie that into the advice to flee Tehran… We’ll see. And, mind you: the warning to flee was given on (what?) Monday. This would seem to give enough time for those (what?) 10 million Iranians to flee the town, or should do so, so this would confirm something big is in the offing. So, why would you want to clear out 10 million people?
࿗Infidel࿘ says
We the US are so far not doing anything there. Everything that’s being done is being done by the Israelis. It remains to be seen if they decide to prioritize taking out Khamenei (actually, even more important than Khamenei is his second son Mojtaba, who’s seen as one of his potential successors. If they can take out both w/ a single bomb, nothing like it), or leaving it to Iranian demonstrators to take care of them. I’d be perfectly happy for them to get an ending like Gaddafi (who imo actually didn’t deserve it)
As for why they want to empty out Teheran, it’s so that the Israelis can more freely bomb all regime offices, like the important ministries, so that Iran isn’t seen to have a functioning government. Let’s see how this goes
Transmaster says
Reports circulating on the Iranian opposition Telegram channels indicate that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is being rapidly moved between underground bunkers. The primary concern among these reports is the potential for being spotted in the open during these movements. President Trump has explicitly stated in his recent statement that Israel possesses the right to defend itself, and the decision regarding self-defense rests solely with Israel.
somehistory says
“Trump Says He Wants Something ‘Better Than’ Iran-Israel Ceasefire After Early Exit From G7 Summit (Live Updates)”
“What Did Trump Say About His Tehran Evacuation Warning?
Earlier on Monday evening, Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON…Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!” ”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-says-he-wants-something-better-than-iran-israel-ceasefire-after-early-exit-from-g7-summit-live-updates/ar-AA1GQUeI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=9478c38b23274422b01e5440c96759aa&ei=64
Transmaster says
What floors me is how few people understand why Shi’a Iran cannot have nuclear weapons. They seem to think that if Israel has nuclear weapons, why can’t Iran? Their eyes glaze over when you try to explain Twelver Shi’ism. The Mullahs of Iran WILL use nuclear weapons to destroy Israel and Saudi Arabia.
gravenimage says
Iran has been threatening to wipe Israel off the map. Israel has not threatened Iran without being threatned herself.
Transmaster says
Here is an opposition X channel, from here there are links to more of them.
https://x.com/anmol_kaundilya
Lady at the Lake says
Trust President Trump to create more controversy….Love it.
gravenimage says
Not sure that telling Israel not to defend herself is something to love–if he is serious.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
As Christine reports above, Netanyahu implicitly denied that such a request was made of Israel, and that has been contradicted by the White House as well
Walter Sieruk says
That President Trump vetoed that Israel plain to assassinate that fiendish despot Ayatollah Khamenei, a good idea, only shows how gracious President is, especially since that Islamic dictator wanted to assassinate him.
James Lincoln says
Interestingly, I have not heard Khamenei say “Death to America” for a few days now.
Hmm…
gravenimage says
He is now begging the US for a Hudna.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
He has sent feelers, both via Russia on one end, and Qatar on the other, to get the US to stop Israel. He’s even sent indirect messages to Israel via Azerbaijan and Cyprus to Israel. Since Trump has rebuffed him and demanded complete surrender – something that he can’t do and still remain in power, he’s done
I do hope that Reza Pahlavi and others who are planning for a transition setup to a new government have their plans ready to execute
Tim gallagher says
I suppose this piece of shit, khameini, could say that he has to say that Iran needs him and so he has to stay alive but these cowardly Muslim leaders don’t ever seem to wants to become martyrs although the shitheads are always Muslim for dying as martyrs. The gutless scumbag khameini should be out on the open seeking martyrdom. Hypocritical piece of crap.