Khamenei says Iran will 'never surrender', warns off US

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00:00In his first televised address since the strikes began last Friday, Iran's supreme leader was

00:07defiant in the face of growing Israeli pressure and promised irreparable damage if the United

00:13States also intervenes militarily.

00:16The Iranian nation firmly opposes an imposed war, just as it will firmly oppose an imposed

00:27peace. This nation will never surrender.

00:34A reaction to Donald Trump's statement Tuesday, which he called threatening and absurd, after

00:39the US president demanded Iran's unconditional surrender without revealing his administration's

00:45plans. Ali Khamenei knows Israel wants to eliminate him. Trump, though, said he did not intend

00:52to assassinate the Iranian leader, for now at least. As the war entered its sixth day,

00:59Israel said it had intercepted 10 missiles from Iran, as Tehran's retaliatory barrages continued

01:05to slow. Meanwhile, the latest Israeli strikes on Iran hit a facility used to make uranium

01:11centrifuges and another that made missile components.

01:14Air Force fighter jets with precise intelligence completed another series of strikes in Tehran.

01:21Over 50 jets took part in the attack, lasting over three hours and with three waves of attacks.

01:26In the operation, we attacked centrifuges manufacturing sites the regime intended to continue intensifying

01:33uranium enrichment. Israel has already done significant damage to some of Iran's most important

01:39nuclear installations. These pictures broadcast on state television show an Israeli drone shot down

01:45in Isfahan, in the centre of the country. When it comes to Isfahan, which is another very important

01:53nuclear installation, nuclear facility, there has been three important or four important

02:00buildings which have been destroyed. Tehran now looks like a ghost town. Streets are deserted,

02:08shops closed and thousands have fled, fearing more attacks as neither side in this war backs down.

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