Former U.S. President Calls for “Immediate Evacuation of Tehran,” Slams Iran as “Foolish” Amid Ceasefire Talks As global leaders push for peace, his explosive remarks ignite fresh tension. Meanwhile, Israel’s Prime Minister refuses to rule out an assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader. The stakes have never been higher.
Donald Trump has called for the ‘immediate evacuation of Tehran’ and branded Iran ‘foolish’ for not signing a deal with the US on its nuclear program before Israeli strikes began.
Trump said in a post on Truth Social: ‘Iran should have signed the deal I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life.
‘Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran.’
The warning comes as the war between the arch foes enters its fifth day and Israel ramps up attacks aimed at destroying Iran’s contested nuclear work.
The Israeli military earlier issued a notice urging residents of one district of Tehran to evacuate, an echo of its tactics in Gaza where it has displaced most of the Palestinian population since the October 7, 2023 attacks.
Trump has repeatedly declined to say if the United States would participate in Israeli military action, although he says it was not involved in initial strikes.
The US President has said he now believes Iran wants to make an agreement following its calls for a ceasefire.
‘As I’ve been saying, I think a deal will be signed, or something will happen, but a deal will be signed, and I think Iran is foolish not to sign,’ Trump told reporters on the sidelines of the G7 summit.
It comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday refused to rule out assassinating Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying it would ‘end the conflict’ between the two countries.
In an extraordinary 20-minute interview, the Israeli leader insisted his country’s deadly aggression to ‘defang’ Iran was justified, and equated Khamenei to a ‘modern Hitler.’
But when asked about reports that US President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to kill the supreme leader out of concern it would escalate the Iran-Israel showdown, Netanyahu was dismissive.
‘It’s not going to escalate the conflict, it’s going to end the conflict,’ he told US network ABC News.
‘The ‘forever war’ is what Iran wants, and they’re bringing us to the brink of nuclear war,’ Netanyahu said. In fact, what Israel is doing is preventing this, bringing an end to this aggression, and we can only do so by standing up to the forces of evil.’
When asked if Israel was directly targeting Ayatollah, the Israeli PM said: ‘We’re doing what we need to do.’
