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Trump, responding to threats, claims not to know of top Iranian official: ‘I couldn’t care less’
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This composite shows President Donald Trump (left) at Mar-a-Lago, December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida, and Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani in Beirut, Lebanon, August 13, 2025. (AP/Alex Brandon, Bilal Hussein)
Following a threatening post on X by Ali Larijani, a top Iranian official who serves as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, US President Donald Trump claims not to know who he is.
“I have no idea what he’s talking about, who he is. I couldn’t care less,” Trump tells CBS News. He adds that Larijani has “already been defeated.”
On Saturday, Larijani had posted, “We will relentlessly avenge the blood of our Leader and our people. Trump must pay and will pay.”
Trump has demanded that Iran surrender unconditionally and allow him to be involved in the selection of its next leader.
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