United States President Donald Trump said that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “should be very worried” during a pre-recorded interview with NBC News on Wednesday.
NBC reporter Tom Llamas asked Trump about Iranian anti-regime protestors, who have repeatedly requested US intervention, as the regime continues to conduct a violent crackdown in an attempt to quell the protests.
Trump stated that the US has had the protesters’ backs, elaborating that the regime’s defense capabilities are “a mess” due to US intervention during the 12-day war in which the US “wiped out” Iranian nuclear facilities.
“I want peace in the Middle East,” Trump said. “If we didn’t take out that nuclear, we wouldn’t have peace in the Middle East.”
The segment of the interview was released shortly after the US-Iran nuclear talks, originally scheduled for Friday, were cancelled due to disputes over the meeting’s location, format, and agenda.
This is a developing story.