The Iranian regime slaughtered 40,000 of its own people—and then billed grieving families for the bullets that killed their freedom-fighting children..
The Islamic Republic has launched missiles at the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. It is targeting our Arab neighbors.
These violations of their sovereignty are unacceptable and we condemn them. But this is nothing new.
This is who the Islamic Republic has always been. And this is why it must end.
For nearly five decades, this terrorist regime has sown chaos and bloodshed across our region.
It propped up Assad, turning Syria into a graveyard.
It planted Hezbollah; as a state within a state in Lebanon.
It armed the Houthis to destabilize the Arabian Peninsula.
It empowered militias in Iraq that undermine Iraqi sovereignty.
It attacked the economic hubs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
None of this has ever been the desire of the Iranian people, but rather that of the regime occupying our country. Now, however, the landscape has fundamentally shifted.
Assad is gone. Hezbollah has been decimated. The regime’s military nuclear program has been set back. Its economy is in freefall.
The pillars of this regime’s aggression are crumbling.
The Iranian people have paid the price, in blood, to reach this moment. The regime massacred at least tens of thousands of my compatriots in just two days. But it didn’t break the people. Instead, the regime itself is breaking.
Today, history reminds us of our future potential.
Before the revolution, Iran worked closely with Arab leaders — from King Faisal to Sheikh Zayed to King Hussein to President Sadat.
In Oman, my father helped Sultan Qaboos defend his country against insurgency.
We were true partners then. We will be true partners again.
The Iranian people have called on me to lead the transition after the regime is gone. I have accepted that responsibility. Part of their great mandate to me is to return our nation and our foreign relations to normalcy. I will do exactly that.
My commitment is to ensure the transition is orderly, the country is stabilized, and Iranians determine their future through the ballot box. We will not repeat the mistakes of past transitions. We will avoid de-Baathification scenarios and maintain as many bureaucrats and public servants in the transition as possible.
Iranians have made their choice — at an enormous price. Now I ask our friends in the Arab world to join us. To prepare to recognize and engage our transitional government.
We will rebuild our nation not for expansion, but to serve the Iranian people. We will base our diplomatic relations, not on exportation of ideology, but on mutual respect and shared interests. We will reintegrate into the regional and global economy to increase prosperity for the citizens of all of our nations.
Standing with the Iranian people is not charity. It is a strategic investment in making our region one of the most stable, secure, and prosperous in the world.
Together, we can build a Middle East our children will be proud to inherit.
Take this new path with us.
President Trump’s decision to insist on unconditional surrender of the largest state sponsor of terrorism, the Iranian Regime, which has been pursuing nuclear weapons, funding terrorist proxies, building thousands of ballistic missiles with the hope of one day reaching America, and has so much American blood on its hands, is the right and only approach to end this Iranian nightmare.
The people of Iran should not be expected to live under the remnants of a weakened terrorist regime that has slaughtered over 32,000 of its own citizens. As in World War II, the evil of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan had to be defeated for the world to ever know peace again. The same is true with the Iranian regime. They must be defeated.
I applaud President Trump for his steadfast leadership to achieve this goal. To the men and women involved in Operation Epic Fury: your righteous efforts will lead to the collapse of one of the most evil regimes in modern times. Godspeed.
Well done, President @realDonaldTrump.
The end of the largest state sponsor of terrorism is upon us. God bless President Trump, our military and our allies in Israel.
Freedom for the long suffering Iranian people.
This operation is necessary and long justified.
“If you’re watching this, it means I’m not around anymore.”
Pouria Hamidi, a young Iranian, died by suicide on Friday after learning that President Trump would pursue negotiations with the Iranian regime.
Before taking his own life, Hamidi recorded a final message:
“Making a deal with this regime is a betrayal of all those who were killed.
Please… I beg you… stop this deal.”
As reports and photo evidence continues to emerge, the scale of violence and cruelty carried out by regime forces is only matched by the savage depravity of regimes like the Nazis or Hamas. According to medical professionals, hundreds of protesters were beheaded with machetes. Some played dead in body bags for days to avoid getting shot by forces who raided hospitals. Thousands, including children, were shot with pellets in the eyes, blinding them for life. Civilians were chased in the streets and beaten with knives, shotguns, and machetes. Tens of thousands arrested. Estimates of more than 40,000 killed, and more on death row.
The regime will not stop until they are forced to.
Death to the Islamic republic, death to the IRGC.
.@PahlaviReza : Real Iran is beautiful, peaceful & flourishing—not the regime’s terror/poverty image.
End nukes/terror support,
normalize US ties,
recognize Israel,
Cyrus Accords,
reliable energy,
transparency,
open economy.
Do you stand with the Shah?
A. Yes
B. No
Today I am speaking to Ali Khamenei, the leader of the regime occupying Iran.
You are an anti-Iranian criminal.
You have neither honor nor humanity.
Your hands are stained with the blood of tens of thousands of Iranians.
With the blood of children...
Of youth...
Of the innocent...
You, your regime, and all of your mercenaries,
Will be held accountable
For every drop of blood you have spilled.
Without exception.
We will not forgive.
We will not forget.
We will not retreat.
Just as Nazi criminals were tried and punished in Nuremberg,
You and your accomplices will also be tried and punished
In the Iranian nation's court.
Your end is disgrace...
Eternal shame...
No crime goes unanswered.
Your name has been recorded.
The names of all those who ordered.
Those who carried out the orders.
And all of your accomplices.
There is no escape.
You will have nowhere to hide.
The murderers of the people of Iran
will have no immunity.
And you, the great nation of Iran...
My brave children...
My grieving yet steadfast sisters and brothers:
You are not alone.
Your resistance has changed history.
You stand on the front line of freedom.
And we...
We are closer than ever to the end of this regime.
This regime has cracked.
Its power has worn down.
Its collapse has begun.
Believe in yourselves.
In your unity.
In your courage.
In your greatness.
This regime can no longer silence our awakened and risen nation.
It cannot impose fear upon Iran.
This regime fears you and your power.
We will not allow our grief to turn into despair.
My compatriots,
The grief of losing Iran’s finest children is heavy.
But we will transform this grief into conscious rage...
And an unbreakable will...
Against Khamenei...
And all his domestic and foreign agents.
Be ready.
The moment to return to the streets will come.
Broader.
More powerful.
More determined than ever.
For the liberation of Tehran.
For the reclaiming of Iran.
The continuation of this struggle until final victory
Is not merely a national duty,
But a covenant with those who gave their lives on the path of freedom
With their dear, precious blood.
Their names will not be forgotten.
Not in history.
Not in our national memory.
Not in our hearts.
That day is not far...
The day we celebrate together the reclaiming of Iran,
And say with pride:
We stood.
We fought.
And we prevailed.
Long live Iran!
John Fetterman:
"The strike in Iran, that was absolutely the right thing. I, you know, I was the only Democrat that can support those things."
"Why can't we all agree that destroying the Iranian regime would be good for the entire region? Standing with Israel, secure our border, you know, these are reasonable things."
"I would also refuse to shut our government down, always, always I refuse to do that."
"But pay everybody, especially like the military and those folks, those folks that had that magnificent action in Venezuela, could you imagine those people weren't getting paid for those 45 days that our government was shut down?"
BREAKING: Islamic Republic forces are caught on video shooting protesters in the back as they flee.
Live rounds fired at unarmed Iranian civilians trying to escape.
Do not stop talking about Iran.