{"id":3293,"date":"2025-06-18T13:12:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=3293"},"modified":"2025-06-18T13:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:12:36","slug":"trump-threatens-iran-demands-unconditional-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/18\/trump-threatens-iran-demands-unconditional-surrender","title":{"rendered":"Trump Threatens Iran, Demands \u2018Unconditional Surrender\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"180\" data-end=\"427\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: In a dramatic escalation of tensions, U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly warned Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declaring that the United States knows his location but will not \u201ctake him out\u2014for now.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"429\" data-end=\"609\">Trump\u2019s provocative remarks, posted on his Truth Social account, have raised questions about the likelihood of direct U.S. military involvement in the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"771\">He wrote: \u201cWe know exactly where the so-called \u2018supreme leader\u2019 is hiding&#8230; he is an easy target&#8230; but we are not going to take him out\u2014at least not for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"773\" data-end=\"883\">Trump also issued a stark demand for Iran\u2019s \u201cunconditional surrender,\u201d adding: \u201cOur patience is wearing thin.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"1080\"><strong data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"928\">White House Hints at Possible U.S. Role<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"1080\">Trump\u2019s rhetoric appears to mark a shift from previous U.S. positions that downplayed involvement in the Israel-Iran war, now entering its sixth day.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1082\" data-end=\"1245\">According to White House officials, the president convened a meeting with the National Security Council shortly after returning early from the G7 summit in Canada.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1247\" data-end=\"1473\">Asked about U.S. intervention, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the matter rests with President Trump and confirmed the formation of a special Middle East task force to assist U.S. nationals and diplomatic staff.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1475\" data-end=\"1639\">Trump also suggested that the U.S. has \u201ccomplete and total control of the skies over Iran,\u201d sparking fresh speculation over American support for Israeli operations.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1641\" data-end=\"1850\"><strong data-start=\"1641\" data-end=\"1676\">Israel Intensifies Air Campaign<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1641\" data-end=\"1850\">Israel, under \u201cOperation Rising Lion,\u201d continues large-scale attacks on Iranian nuclear sites and residential areas, claiming to target Tehran\u2019s alleged nuclear ambitions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1852\" data-end=\"1952\">Iran has denied weaponization plans and has reported major civilian casualties from Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1954\" data-end=\"2166\">Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he seeks \u201ca real end, not a ceasefire,\u201d and hinted at possible diplomatic outreach through Vice President JD Vance or Envoy Steve Witkoff\u2014depending on the situation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2168\" data-end=\"2265\">The crisis remains fluid, with signals pointing toward deeper U.S. involvement in the days ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: In a dramatic escalation of tensions, U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly warned Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declaring that the United States knows his location but will not \u201ctake him out\u2014for now.\u201d Trump\u2019s provocative remarks, posted on his Truth Social account, have raised questions about the likelihood of direct U.S. military involvement &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[245,1638,58],"class_list":["post-3293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-iran","tag-surrender","tag-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3295,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293\/revisions\/3295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}