Khamenei rejects demand for surrender

By rahmat hidayat

Thursday, June 19, 2025

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Iran's Khamenei rejects Trump's call for surrender as thousands flee Tehran

Closed shops in the Tehran Bazaar, Iran, June 16, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected President Donald Trump's demand for unconditional surrender, as Iranians jammed the highways out of Tehran fleeing from intensified Israeli airstrikes.

Trump has veered from proposing a swift diplomatic end to the war to suggesting the US might join it.

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