"No Mercy": Khamenei's Big Warning After Iranian 'Fattah' Missile Strikes Israel
Israel-Iran conflict enters the sixth day. Following US President Donald Trump‘s escalating threats calling for Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a post on X made a defiant response, “In the name of the noble Haidar, the battle begins.”
Not long after, in another post, he said: “We must give a strong response to the terrorist Zionist regime. We will show the Zionists no mercy.” Khamenei’s big warning came after the Iranian military launched a Fattah-1 missile at Tel Aviv early on Wednesday. Fattah missiles are “hypersonic,” which Iran claims travel at Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound.
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We must give a strong response to the terrorist Zionist regime.
We will show the Zionists no mercy.— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) June 17, 2025
On Tuesday, in a series of posts on his social media platform Truth Social Trump had claimed the United States had “complete and total control” of Iranian airspace and warned that Khamenei was within their reach.
“We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there – We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now,” Trump wrote.
As a final warning to Iran, Trump posted “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!”
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The conflict began on June 13 with Israel’s “Operation Rising Lion,” targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities, missile sites, and military leadership, killing key figures. Iran retaliated with over 100 ballistic missiles on Tel Aviv and Haifa, killing 18 and damaging infrastructure, including a Haifa Bay oil refinery.
