00:15A sharp new war of words is unfolding between Tehran and Washington.
00:21Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has fired back at the United States with blunt warnings,
00:27declaring Washington will not succeed in destroying Iran as nuclear talks inch forward.
00:34His message was unmistakable.
00:36Iran is prepared for confrontation, and any attack would come at a heavy cost.
00:41The statement lands at a moment of extreme tension,
00:45with U.S. military assets building across the Middle East and diplomacy hanging by a thread.
00:51Khamenei's rhetoric went even further.
00:53He warned that the American military could be struck so hard that it cannot get back up,
01:00adding that the real threat is not U.S. warships, but the weapons capable of sinking them.
01:06President of the United States keeps saying our army is the most powerful in the entire world.
01:14The most powerful army on Earth could be dealt such a devastating blow
01:18that it would be completely unable to ever get back on its feet.
01:27The comments signaled Tehran's confidence in its missile and naval strike capabilities,
01:32particularly in the Persian Gulf, where Iranian forces specialize in asymmetric warfare.
01:38For Iran's leadership, deterrence means convincing Washington
01:42that any attack would trigger immediate and painful retaliation.
01:46The escalation followed a dramatic remark from President Donald Trump,
01:51who claimed he has precise intelligence on Khamenei's location and could reveal it live on air,
01:57though he said doing so would be unwise.
02:00I'll be involved in those talks, indirectly, and they'll be very important.
02:06We'll see what can happen.
02:08But typically, Iran's a very tough negotiator.
02:10They're good negotiators, or bad negotiators.
02:12I would say they're bad negotiators, because we could have had a deal instead of sending the B-2s in
02:18to knock out their nuclear potential.
02:21And if we had to send the B-2s, I hope they're going to be more reasonable.
02:25They want to make a deal.
02:27Trump has combined these signals with renewed threats over nuclear negotiations.
02:33Speaking aboard Air Force One, he said he would be involved in the talks indirectly,
02:37and warned Iran would face consequences if it refuses to make a deal.
02:42U.S. officials say military planning remains on standby should diplomacy collapse.
02:48The approach reflects Trump's long-standing strategy of maximum pressure,
02:52offering talks while keeping the option of force visibly on the table.
02:57For Tehran, setting the outcome of negotiations in advance is foolish and wrong,
03:03according to Khamenei, who insists Iran will not negotiate under threats.
03:08Iranian leaders have repeatedly warned that any strike would ignite a regional war,
03:13potentially drawing in proxies and disrupting global shipping routes.
03:17Meanwhile, Washington insists Iran must never obtain nuclear weapons,
03:23keeping the core dispute unresolved even as mediators try to keep dialogue alive.
03:29The confrontation looks less like diplomacy and more like psychological warfare.
03:34Trump's hints of intelligence superiority and Khamenei's vows of retaliation reflect a dangerous game of signaling strength
03:42without crossing into open conflict.
03:45But history shows that such brinkmanship carries risks.
03:49In a region already on edge, a single miscalculation could shift the standoff from rhetoric to reality.
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