{"id":1307,"date":"2025-06-16T23:49:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T23:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/?p=1307"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T10:58:19","slug":"trump-warns-everyone-to-flee-tehran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/trump-warns-everyone-to-flee-tehran\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump warns \u2018everyone\u2019 to flee Tehran"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pentagon has confirmed the deployment of additional \u201cdefensive capabilities\u201d to the Middle East<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong> US President Donald Trump has issued a cryptic warning on Truth Social, urging “everyone”<\/em> to leave Tehran as soon as possible, without confirming whether Washington will intervene in the ongoing tit-for-tat hostilities between Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n

The two states have been exchanging strikes since West Jerusalem bombed Iranian nuclear and military facilities last Friday, describing the move as a preemptive effort to halt the Islamic Republic’s alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons. Iran, which denies these claims, said the airstrikes amounted to a declaration of war and has retaliated with multiple volleys of ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n

“Iran should have signed the ‘deal’ I told them to sign. Such a shame and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again!”<\/em> Trump wrote on Monday evening, as the conflict entered its fifth day.<\/p>\n

“Everyone needs to evacuate Tehran immediately!”<\/em> the US leader added, without elaborating on where the city’s roughly 10 million residents should go.<\/p>\n

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Trump earlier insisted that the US “had nothing to do with the attack on Iran”<\/em> but warned Tehran of retaliation<\/a> “at levels never seen before”<\/em> if it targets American assets in the region. He declined to clarify what might trigger US military involvement, telling reporters on Monday: “I don’t want to talk about that.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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US aerial tankers headed to Middle East \u2013 media<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Earlier in the day, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the deployment of additional “defensive capabilities”<\/em> to the Middle East, without disclosing which military assets were sent over the weekend.<\/p>\n

“Protecting US forces is our top priority, and these deployments are intended to enhance our defensive posture in the region,”<\/em> Hegseth posted on X.<\/p>\n

According to Military Watch Magazine, the US has reportedly sent more than 30 aerial refueling tankers across the Atlantic toward the Middle East. The outlet described the buildup as “unprecedented,”<\/em> suggesting it could signal broader US involvement in the Israeli-Iranian conflict.<\/p>\n

Israel has reportedly asked the US to participate directly in strikes on Iran. The IDF lacks the bunker-buster bombs required to destroy the Islamic Republic’s heavily fortified underground nuclear sites, but Washington could supply them, Axios reported Saturday, citing West Jerusalem officials.<\/p>\n

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Netanyahu refuses to rule out Khamenei assassination<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to rule out an attempt to assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, telling ABC News on Monday: “It’s going to end the conflict.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Tehran has repeatedly stated that its nuclear program is peaceful and has accused Israel of undermining diplomatic efforts with the US.<\/p>\n

“Iran did NOT begin this war and has no interest in perpetuating bloodshed. But we will proudly fight to the last drop of blood to protect our land,”<\/em> Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on X on Monday. He warned that “getting the US mired in the Mother of Forever Wars”<\/em> would destroy any chance of a diplomatic solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pentagon has confirmed the deployment of additional \u201cdefensive capabilities\u201d to the Middle East US President Donald Trump has issued a cryptic warning on Truth Social, urging “everyone” to leave Tehran as soon as possible, without confirming whether Washington will intervene in the ongoing tit-for-tat hostilities between Israel and Iran. The two states have been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1307"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1309,"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307\/revisions\/1309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegacelis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}