In July, American President Donald Trump noted that Iran's nuclear facilities had been destroyed, and the United States could re-strike the Iranian nuclear program facilities “if necessary.”
“Okay, keep dreaming,” Khamenei commented on October 20. “Who are you to tell which country can and cannot have a nuclear industry?”
Iran's Supreme Leader also rejected the possibility of new nuclear negotiations with the United States.
In his opinion, they will lead to “serious, irreparable damage.”
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On June 13, the Israel Defense Forces began striking Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said then that Iran has the ability to create nine nuclear bombs. Israeli troops, in particular, attacked facilities related to uranium enrichment.
On June 22, the United States attacked three Iranian nuclear sites in Fordo, Netanz and Isfahan, using 13-ton bombs for the first time in history. In response, Iran launched a missile attack on the United States Al-Udeid Air Force Base in Qatar on June 23. Trump called the response “very weak.”
On the night of June 24, the US President announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a complete ceasefire.
After some media outlets, including CNN and The New York Times, citing intelligence sources, said that the US strike on Iran's nuclear infrastructure did not completely destroy it, Trump accused them of “trying to disparage one of the most successful military attacks in history.” He called the news fake and assured that Iran's nuclear facilities had been destroyed.
On June 29, in an interview with Fox News, Trump admitted that there was an unbombed nuclear facility in Iran.
