Fighting continues in the Middle East as Israel and Iran ignore calls for de-escalation.
As the US weighs its next step, President Donald Trump has called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender”.
He says he knows “exactly” where Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hiding, but would not kill him, or “at least not for now”.
Just a few hours later the Supreme Leader’s own social media accounts responded, declaring “the battle begins”.
David Speers interviews Iran’s ambassador to Australia, Ahmad Sadeghi.
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