Khamenei tells Trump to 'keep dreaming' he destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities

DUBAI - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected on Monday an assertion by US President Donald Trump that the United States has destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities.

"The US president proudly says they bombed and destroyed Iran's nuclear industry. Very well, keep dreaming!" Khamenei said on X.

In mid-June, Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign on Iran. The US briefly joined in, striking key Iranian nuclear facilities.

Last week, during a speech at the Israeli Knesset, Trump reiterated that the US confirmed "obliterating" Iranian nuclear sites during the strikes.

"So we dropped 14 bombs on Iran's key nuclear facilities. Totally as I said originally obliterating them and that's been confirmed," he said.

In a Sunday interview with Fox News, Trump also said Iran "no longer became the bully of the Middle East" after the US strikes which "destroyed their nuclear capability".

He further called the strikes "the most beautiful military operation."