Iran’s Supreme Leader has warned Israel about a ‘great surprise … that the world will remember for centuries.’ He issued a series of apocalyptic warnings as then-US President Donald Trump weighed three military options for the US in the ongoing war.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatened Israel on Tuesday night with a disturbing image posted online, showing balls of fire raining down upon an ancient city as a sword-wielding man stormed the gate.
‘In the name of the noble Haidar, the battle begins,’ he wrote in Farsi, referring to Ali—whom Shia Muslims consider the first Imam and the rightful successor to the Prophet Mohammed.
Khamenei also shared a separate message in English, stating: ‘We must give a strong response to the terrorist Zionist regime.’ He added: ‘We will show the Zionists no mercy.’
Meanwhile, Iranian state television ominously reported that ‘tonight, a great surprise will occur—one that the world will remember for centuries.’
Amid the threats, Trump was reportedly considering a US strike on Tehran following Situation Room crisis talks with security advisers. Trump was given three options by advisors on how the largest military in history should assist Israel in demolishing Iran’s nuclear program, according to The New York Times
