Weapon more dangerous than warship: Khamenei warns US as nuclear talks continue
India Today
Iran warned the US after deployment of USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, to the Middle East, where it will join the USS Abraham Lincoln and other American warships already operating in the US Central Command area.
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a direct threat to the United States, saying Iran had weapons capable of sending American warships "to the bottom of the sea", as the two sides resumed nuclear negotiations in Geneva amid soaring tensions. He shared an AI-generated image showing the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier heavily damaged and sinking.
"The Americans constantly say that they’ve sent a warship toward Iran," Khamenei posted on the social platform X. "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," he added.
Khamenei also dismissed US claims of unmatched military strength. "The US president claims that his country has the strongest military in the world. Yet even the world's strongest army can sometimes be slapped so hard that it would not be able to get back on its feet," he said.
The latest threat comes as Iranian and US officials met in Geneva on Tuesday for a second round of discussions on Iran’s nuclear programme and possible limits on uranium enrichment. The talks aim to revive or replace arrangements that collapsed after Washington withdrew from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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