US President Donald Trump has said that he would like to meet Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.
“I would like to meet him, and we probably will meet at some point, depending on how it all works out,” Trump said while speaking with the New York Post’s “Pod Force One” podcast on Tuesday.
Trump also suggested that the widely reported claims about Mojtaba’s injuries could be true and the Iranian leader may be “missing a lot of different parts.”
“I’m not hearing he’s doing great. If you believe the stories, he’s missing a lot of different parts,” he said.
The US President’s remarks expressing desire to meet the Iranian Supreme Leader came days after he had a heated exchange with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call.
Trump reportedly called Netanyahu “f***ing crazy” after the latter ordered Israeli military to invade Lebanon, putting the fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran at risk as Tehran warned of suspending peace talks if attacks are not stopped.
Confirming this, Trump said that he was “perturbed” at Netanyahu’s military escalation in Lebanon.
“I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon,” Trump said in the interview.
IRGC claims US forced to accept its ‘new Iranian rules on the battlefield’
Meanwhile, Iran has claimed that the US has accepted new rules imposed by Tehran, particularly regarding the smart management and control of the Strait of Hormuz.
In a statement carried by Iranian state media, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said, “The enemy is forced to accept the new rules that the Iranian nation and armed forces have imposed on the battlefield, especially in the realm of smart management and control of the Strait of Hormuz.”
The IRGC further stated that Iran will not retreat in the face of threats by the United States.
“The Iranian nation will not retreat in the face of threats and aggression but will continue the path of honor with unity and faith more than ever before,” the IRGC added.