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Israeli defense minister Israel Katz said Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "cannot continue to exist" in the strongest direct threat yet. "A dictator like Khamenei, who heads a country like Iran and has made the destruction of Israel his mission,

Calling out Trump directly, the Supreme Leader added: “The U.S. President threatens us. With his absurd rhetoric, he demands that the Iranian people surrender to him. They should make threats against those who are afraid of being threatened. The Iranian nation isn’t frightened by such threats.”