Khamenei calls Trump’s regional remarks 'shameful', says US power fuels war, not peace
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dismissed recent comments by US President Donald Trump during his regional visit as beneath response, describing them as an embarrassment to both the speaker and the American people.
“Some of what the US president said during this trip doesn’t even merit a reply,” Khamenei said in a meeting with teachers and educators in Tehran. “The level of discourse is so low it brings shame to the speaker and to the American nation.”
Khamenei rejected Trump’s argument of using power to promote peace. “He lied,” he said. “The US has used its power to massacre in Gaza, to stoke war wherever possible, and to arm its mercenaries.”
He accused Washington of enabling Israeli attacks on civilians and described Israel as “the Zionist regime” and as “a malignant cancer that must and will be uprooted.”
“This failed model, where Arab states are told they can’t survive ten days without US backing, is being imposed again,” Khamenei said. “But it will collapse, and America will leave this region.”
