US President Donald Trump has said he would be “honored” to meet Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, the newly-elected Leader of the Islamic Revolution, if a deal is reached to end the war between the two countries.
“I’d be honored to meet him,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, adding, “If we make a deal, it’s possible that I would meet… I’d be okay with that.”
The remarks come weeks after Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei was elected Leader of the Islamic Revolution by Iran’s Assembly of Experts, following the martyrdom of his father, Martyr Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a cowardly US-Israeli strike on his residence in Tehran on February 28.
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Trump also admitted that he had considered but rejected a risky covert operation to seize Iran’s highly enriched uranium, fearing it would turn into a major failure similar to the 1980 Jimmy Carter mission.
This statement comes after the US suffered a humiliating strategic defeat in Isfahan in early April, where Iranian forces foiled an American attempt to attack a nuclear facility, resulting in the loss of several US aircraft and the failure of the entire mission.
Iran has repeatedly stressed that any agreement must fully respect its national interests, including the complete lifting of the illegal US naval blockade on Iranian vessels and ports, which Tehran considers a clear violation of the ceasefire.
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![The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) aerospace division says the "hard and unexpected blows" inflicted on the enemy will continue, vowing to press ahead with the path of resistance following the martyrdom of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Brigadier General Majid Mousavi made the remarks in a message issued on Friday on the occasion of the start of funeral ceremonies for the late Ayatollah Khamenei. Also Read: "The hard and unexpected blows the enemy has received will never end, for the path of struggle between truth and falsehood has not ended and will not end," Mousavi said. He added that the forces of the IRGC aerospace division would continue acting on behalf of the Iranian people against the country's adversaries. "I announce to the noble Iranian nation that your devoted servicemen in the Aerospace Force have rained and will continue to rain your anger upon the enemy," the commander emphasized. He reiterated that forces under his command will not rest for a moment until the lofty goals the late Leader has outlined for the country during his noble leadership are realized. Mousavi emphasized that Iran's path will remain steadfast under the guidelines of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei. "Every member of the [Iranian] nation martyred by the enemy is itself a separate case for retaliation,” he pointed out. The remarks came as senior Iranian officials and high-ranking foreign delegations from across the world gathered at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla on Friday to pay their respects to the martyred Leader.](https://thevoiceofummah.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/image-1-768x512.jpg)
