Iran’s supreme leader warns Donald Trump of “irreparable harm” if the US military intervenes in Tehran’s conflict with Israel. Ali Khamenei has responded to US President Donald Trump in a televised statement.

But this isn’t the first time he’s spoken to the US.Trump and Khamenei have been exchanging words online for some time now.

On Tuesday, Trump claimed to have “complete and total control of the skies over Iran”.

In another post on his Truth Social platform, he warned Khamenei: “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… [but] our patience is wearing thin.”

A final post read: “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!”Trump is considering joining Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, the BBC’s US partner CBS News reports.

In his own flurry of posts on X on Wednesday, Khamenei warned that the US entering the “war” is “100% to its own detriment”.

He also wrote that it isn’t “wise” to tell Iran to surrender, adding that they “will never surrender in response to the attacks of anyone”.

Another X post read: “With his [Trump’s] absurd rhetoric, he demands that the Iranian people surrender to him… The Iranian nation isn’t frightened by such threats.”