Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee to CNN:
Khamenei will not meet Trump. Mr. Trump has brought the negotiations to a standstill
President Trump: I don't want to meet with the Ayatollah, but if I did meet him, I would be honored to meet him. I would be respectful.
President Trump:
“We seem to be getting along quite well with the Ayatollah.
I would like to meet him. I will probably meet him at some point.”
Trump:
I haven't had the privilege of meeting the Ayatollah.
He is not doing great; he is missing a lot of different parts.
Iran announces a 3 day state funeral for Ali Khamenei, who was eliminated in the opening U.S. Israeli strikes of the Iran war.
Date will be announced at a later time
Rubio: Indications that Iran supreme leader is increasingly engaging
A special command center has been formed to organize and manage Ali Khamenei's funeral, according to Iran's Tasnim agency. The date and location remain undetermined.
NEW: Members of Iran’s Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee introduced a bill offering a €50 million bounty for the assassination of President Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and other senior U.S. and Israeli officials over the killing of Khamenei.
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The son of Abdolrahim Mousavi, head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic, revealed that his father's body was buried under rubble for nearly 30 days. Mousavi was killed on the first day of U.S. and Israeli attacks targeting Khamenei's office.
Mousavi had only recently been appointed Chief of the General Staff after his predecessor, Mohammad Bagheri, was killed during the 12-day war.
Khamenei's representative in Karaj, Mohammad-Mehdi Hosseini Hamedani, calls for Israel's destruction:
"The Zionist regime and the United States embody falsehood. The punishment of the Zionist regime is its complete erasure from the world."
Iran's Supreme Leader: Iran to guard missile and nuclear tech like its borders.
Advisor to Khamenei Jr:
"US military officials are warning that if Washington continues the war, there is a real possibility its warships could be sunk and its troops killed."
Vladimir Putin: The Iranian people are fighting bravely and heroically for their sovereignty
We hope that the Iranian people will overcome this ordeal and that peace will prevail.
I conveyed through Mr. Araghchi my best wishes of safety to Leader Khamenei
Russia will do everything it can to benefit Iran
Iran and Russia intend to continue their strategic relations
Israel in Persian:
“What’s the news on Khamenei?
No, not the one in the fridge. The other one.”
The Islamic regime is still afraid to bury Ali Khamenei.
And I still can’t believe he died by a targeted missile at his old age.
Mehdi Fazaeli, member of Khamenei's office:
The US and Israel thought that by assassinating the Leader the country would descend into chaos. Not only has that not happened, but the martyred Leader's path will continue with stronger resolve.
Trump: "They have no navy. They have no radar. They have no air force. Their leaders are all dead. Khamenei is gone. For many years he ruled; he's gone. With all of that, let's see what happens, but from my standpoint, I don't care."
Netanyahu:
Khamenei wanted to hide both missile production and nuclear production deep, deep under a high mountain, in such a way that even B-2 aircraft could not reach it.
Advisor to Supreme Leader Khamenei, Mohsen Rezaei:
"We stand with all our might alongside the fighters of Hezbollah and will punish the Zionist enemy. The responsibility for the collapse of the ceasefire lies with the United States, which does not want or is unable to restrain its mad dog. A violation of the ceasefire by the United States will also not be accepted."
Hegseth to Iran:
Choose wisely.
Trump does not play around.
You can ask Soleimani. You can ask Maduro. You can ask Khamenei.
The IDF released interrogation clips of captured Hezbollah Radwan Force operatives in southern Lebanon.
The two planned to fire anti-tank missiles at Israeli troops. During questioning by Unit 504, they cited low morale and said Hezbollah entered the war to "avenge [the death] of Ali Khamenei," with commanders sending them to their deaths. Statements’ voluntariness is unclear.
Mohsen Najafi, head of the IRGC inspection unit, was killed in the attack on Khamenei's office on February 29. Over 32 days later, his body was identified through DNA testing of part of his ankle, as it had been dismembered and was otherwise unrecognizable.
Defense Minister Israel Katz:
"I have a clear message for Naim Qassem, Secretary-General of the Hezbollah terror organization: You and your associates will pay a very heavy price for the intensified fire toward Israeli civilians as they celebrate the Passover Seder. You will not live to see this, because you will be deep in the depths of hell together with Nasrallah, Khamenei, Sinwar, and all the eliminated members of the axis of evil."
