In a telephone interview with NBC News on Saturday, U.S. president Donald Trump stated that he was not ready for a deal with Tehran due to the fact that “the conditions are not yet good enough”. Referring to the strokes [on the strategical island of Khark](https://defence24.pl/geopolitics/island-chark-energy-heart-iranu-new-cel-usa), he stated that US forces could " hit it respective more times, just for fun". At the same time, he challenged the authority of Iran's fresh ultimate leader. "I don't know if he's even alive. So far no 1 has been able to show it," said Trump about Mojtab Chamenei.