Mojtaba Khamenei: Iran Will Not Submit to US Demands, Calls Trump 'Desperate'

Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has declared that Iran will not bow to US demands, characterising Trump's push for a Memorandum of Understanding as an act of desperation, while revealing he only approved the MoU based on promises from Iran's president and negotiating team. Iran's continued defiance of Western pressure and its unwavering hostility toward US-allied Israel keeps the region on a knife's edge, with Iran remaining the most significant prophetic threat to Israel's security in the Middle East. Scripture foretells a northern coalition rising against Israel in the last days, and Iran's unyielding posture aligns with the kind of regional aggression described in Ezekiel 38, where Persia — modern-day Iran — is named among the nations that come against Israel.