{"id":2728,"date":"2026-02-17T11:42:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:42:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:42:42","slug":"128462096-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=2728","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Warship can be sent to sea floor&#8217;: Khamenei&#8217;s blunt warning to Trump, US &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-128462137,imgsize-902916,width-400,resizemode-4\/-.jpg\" alt=\"'Warship can be sent to sea floor': Khamenei's blunt warning to Trump, US\" title=\"Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (AP file photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (AP file photo)\">Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (AP file photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday issued a series of direct threats against President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Donald Trump<\/a> and the United States, saying that even the \u201cstrongest military force in the world may at times be struck so hard that it cannot get up again,\u201d amid ongoing tensions between Tehran and Washington.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Taking to X, Khamenei targeted the Trump administration and warned Washington over its efforts to keep Tehran\u2019s political regime and nuclear programme under close surveillance. He said, \u201cThe US President keeps saying that they have the strongest military force in the world. The strongest military force in the world may at times be struck so hard that it cannot get up again.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The Supreme Leader also referred to America\u2019s deployment of US warships near Iran. <!-- -->In an apparent escalation, he warned that Iran has the capability to strike them, saying, \u201cThe Americans constantly say that they\u2019ve sent a warship toward Iran. Of course, a warship is a dangerous piece of military hardware. However, more dangerous than that warship is the weapon that can send that warship to the bottom of the sea.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>He added, \u201cThe US President has said that for 47 years, the United States hasn&#8217;t been able to eliminate the Islamic Republic. That is a good confession. I say, \u2018You, too, will not be able to do this.\u2019\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Relations between Tehran and Washington have remained strained for years, with Trump repeatedly threatening Iran\u2019s leadership and warning of possible military action to curb its nuclear ambitions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The United States has also deployed warships near Iran to monitor its activities and keep check on it. Last year, Washington launched \u201cOperation Midnight Hammer\u201d aimed at countering Iran\u2019s nuclear programme, and Trump has continued to warn of potential military action against the Iranian regime.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/warship-can-be-sent-to-sea-floor-khameneis-blunt-warning-to-trump-us\/articleshow\/128462096.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (AP file photo) Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[967,7794,7795,7793,7797,7796,7798],"class_list":["post-2728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran-military-threats","tag-iran-nuclear-program","tag-khamenei-warning-to-trump","tag-military-action-against-iran","tag-us-iran-tensions","tag-us-warships-deployment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}