Trump threatens to bomb Iran again
Jun 28, 2025
New York [US], June 28: US President Donald Trump has sharply criticized Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamanei, saying he would consider bombing Iran again if Tehran enriches uranium to worrying levels.
At a White House press conference on June 27, President Trump said he did not rule out the possibility of attacking Iran again. "Absolutely, no doubt, absolutely," he said.
The US leader said he wanted inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) or another credible organization to be able to inspect Iran's nuclear sites after they were attacked by the US last weekend.
Also in the speech, the US president said that recently, he has been working to lift sanctions on Iran to create an opportunity for the country to recover quickly. However, "I received a statement expressing anger, hatred and ugliness, and immediately canceled all work on easing sanctions and much more," Mr. Trump said.
According to Reuters, the move is considered a tough response by the US president to the first statements of Iran's supreme leader Khamanei after the 12-day conflict with Israel ended.
President Trump has also dismissed any suggestion that the damage at the sites was not severe, saying he spared Mr Khamanei's life.
"His country has been devastated, Iran's three nuclear sites have been destroyed, and I know exactly where he is, but will not stop Israel or the United States Armed Forces, the greatest and most powerful force in the world, from ending his life," Trump declared.
The US leader said Iran still wants to meet to discuss the way forward. For his part, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi wrote on the X platform on June 28: "If President Trump is sincere in wanting to reach a deal, he should drop his disrespectful and unacceptable rhetoric towards Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and stop hurting his millions of loyal supporters."
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said on June 25 that ensuring the resumption of IAEA inspections was his top priority as no monitoring had taken place since the Iran-Israel conflict broke out on June 13. However, Iran's parliament approved the suspension of such inspections on June 25.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper
