Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Wednesday that any U.S. involvement in the Israel-led offensive against the Islamic Republic would bring “serious irreparable consequences,” according to a report by Reuters.
Khamenei’s warning followed a call by U.S. President Donald Trump the previous day for the Iranian regime’s “unconditional surrender.”
On Tuesday, Trump convened his national security cabinet in the White House Situation Room. He later posted a military intelligence update on his Truth Social platform, declaring: “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran.”
Trump further asserted that the U.S. knows “exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding,” though he added that the Iranian leader remains safe—for now.
In a televised address on Wednesday, Khamenei warned that U.S. involvement in the war would be “100% to its own detriment,” emphasizing that “the damage it will suffer will be far greater than any harm that Iran may encounter.”
“The harm the U.S. will suffer will definitely be irreparable if they enter this conflict militarily,” the supreme leader added, and responded to Trump’s call for Iranian surrender by stating, “it isn’t wise to tell the Iranian nation to surrender.”
Earlier on Wednesday, Khamenei called for a strong response to “Operation Rising Lion,” which Israel launched on June 13 with the declared aim of dismantling Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
“We must act forcefully against the Zionist terrorist entity. We will not be merciful toward the Zionists,” Khamenei wrote in a Hebrew post on X.
