The exchange of Trump-Khamenei warms up in the middle of the mass arrests of Iran after the strikes

The ceasefire between Israel and Iran did not prevent the supreme Iranian chief of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from drawing a post on X, slamming President Donald Trump.

“The American president said:” Iran must go “. Needless to say, this declaration is too big to get out of the mouth of the American president,” Khamenei wrote.

On June 17, a few days before the United States did strikes on Iranian nuclear installations, Trump came to Truth Social to demand an “unconditional surrender” of Tehran. In a separate message the same day, Trump said that the United States had “complete and total control of the sky on Iran”.

Trump too made a hit in Khamenei He himself, saying that the United States knew where the Iranian chief was hiding.

“We know exactly where the so-called” supreme chief “hides,” wrote Trump. “It is an easy target, but it is sure there – we are not going to take it out (kill!), At least not for the moment. But we do not want missiles to be fired on civilians or American soldiers. Our patience is thin.”

The supreme chief of Iran, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks in a television message, after the cease-fire between Iran and Israel, in Tehran, Iran, June 26, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader / Wana (Press Agency in Western Asia) / Handout via Reuters)

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“Under the direction of President Trump, Operation Midnight Hammer was perfectly executed-erase Iran’s nuclear capacities and bring them to the table for a cease-fire. This historic result was only possible because of the American military power and the strength of our commander-in-chief,” said the secretary to the assistant press of the White House, Anna Kelly.

Khamenei’s remarks seemed more aimed at projecting strength than reflecting reality.

After Iran’s attack on Al-Wudeid, the American air base in Qatar, Khamenei boasted that Iran “delivered a strong slap in the face of the United States”. However, Trump described it as a “very low answer” before revealing that Iran gave the United States “notice” of its expected reprisals.

“Iran officially responded to our erasure of their nuclear installations with a very weak response, which we expected, and we very effectively countered. There were 14 missiles – 13 were overturned, and 1 was released ”, because it was directed in a non -threatening direction. Trump wrote.” I would like to thank Iran to have given us a notice, person to be injured. “

Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei and President Donald Trump are considering a direct military commitment. April 1, 2025 (Khamenei: news agency for Western Asia, Reuters; Trump: Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)

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Since Israel launched his operation against Iran, Khamenei has hidden and, According to ReutersHis family is kept by the unity of the special forces vali-yy of the Iranian revolutionary guard. Some believed – and even hoped – that the end of the nuclear program would also mean the end of the reign of the Islamic Republic; However, interior security repression reports have made the possibility of a less likely change of diet.

President Donald Trump is shown in the situation room alongside an image of the damage caused to the Fordo-Iran nuclear installation on June 21, 2025. (The White House; Maxar Technologies via Reuters)

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The regime would cause arrests and massive executions. THE Press agency for human rights activists (Hrana) said on Monday that 705 people had been arrested in Iran for “political or security accusations”. Many accusations involve allegations of espionage on behalf of Israel.

Three people have already been executed to have pretended to spy on behalf of Mossad, the equivalent of CIA Israel, NBC News reportedquoting Tasnim, which is affiliated with the IRGC.