June 17 (UPI) -- Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is an "easy target," and Iran should surrender unconditionally, President Donald Trump said Tuesday before Iran's leader countered with his own warning, "the battle begins."
As Iran fired two hypersonic missile barrages into Israel on Tuesday night, Khamenei wrote in a post on X, "In the name of the noble Haidar, the battle begins," along with an image of fire raining down on an ancient city.
In a separate X account, he wrote in English, "We must give a strong response to the terrorist Zionist regime. We will show the Zionists no mercy."
There were no injuries reported in Iran's attacks, as Israel Defense Forces issued an evacuation order before a new wave of airstrikes in Tehran.
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