Iran’s Khamenei says US threats of military action ‘unwise’; as Trump posts a letter

March 13, 2025 — SpaceWar.com reports: “Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that US threats were ‘unwise’ after President Donald Trump sent him a letter urging negotiations and warning of possible military action if Tehran refused.

‘The US is threatening militarism. In my opinion, this threat is unwise,’ Khamenei said in a meeting with students. ‘Iran is capable of retaliating and will definitely inflict a blow.’

The remarks came as local media in Iran reported that foreign minister Abbas Araghchi had received Trump’s letter, which was delivered by senior United Arab Emirates official Anwar Gargash.

Khamenei, who noted he had not yet personally received the letter, said its invitation to talks was aimed at ‘deceiving the world’s public opinion’ by presenting the United States as ready to negotiate and Iran as unwilling.

‘We sat down and negotiated for several years, this same person threw the finished, completed and signed agreement off the table and tore it up,’ he added, referring to Washington’s withdrawal from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal during Trump’s first term in office, which ended in 2021…”  (Iran will be blotted out when Russia, China, and Islamic nations fight Israel and her allies during Armageddon – Revelation 16:16.  The battle is described in Ezekiel 39:1 – 5: …thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:  And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured… Soon the war of wars will arrive from the North and East [Russia and China] – Daniel 11:44.  The battle is described in Ezekiel 38:1 – 5: …the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,   Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief [Russian] prince of Meshech and Tubal: [Moscow and Tubal, or Tubalsk – Southwest of the Russian capital]:  And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:  Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet.)