Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Saturday that repeated U.S. violations of the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding proved President Donald Trump‘s signature “utterly worthless and devoid of credibility.”
Khamenei Escalates Rhetoric
He warned the “resistance front” had “unforgettable lessons” in store for Washington.
The repeated breaches of the agreement by the Great Satan [the US] regarding the MOU signed by the Presidents of Iran and the US have once again laid bare a fundamental truth: the signature of the US President is utterly worthless and devoid of credibility.
— Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei (@MKhamenei_ir) July 18, 2026
Last week, Khamenei said avenging his father, predecessor Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in February strikes, was “the demand of the nation.”
CENTCOM Confirms New Strikes
In a post on X, U.S. Central Command said, “Today at 6 p.m. ET, U.S. forces began launching new airstrikes against Iran at the Commander in Chief’s direction. The strikes are designed to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces who launched attacks against American service members in Jordan last night.”
Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks killed two U.S. service members in Jordan on Friday. One service member remains missing, and four others were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals.
Today at 6 p.m. ET, U.S. forces began launching new airstrikes against Iran at the Commander in Chief’s direction. The strikes are designed to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 18, 2026
Washington and Tehran have continued to exchange strikes in the Middle East after a ceasefire agreement fell apart.
Early Saturday, Iran attacked U.S. allies Kuwait and Bahrain, hitting a Kuwaiti desalination plant and Bahrain’s Sheikh Isa Air Base, hours after CENTCOM completed a seventh straight night of strikes on Iranian sites.
President Trump earlier this week said the U.S. was “winning big” in Iran, adding that results would be visible “very, very shortly.”
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