I said a few times that I've seriously thought of giving myself the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Now, everyone knows I'm doing it with a chuckle, but then they report, "He wants to give himself the Congressional Medal of Honor."

So I don't say that anymore. It's very dangerous to say.

We got rid of the algae, which they put in. They put in algae! Who the hell put in algae?

They had a couple of people with signs: “Protect the algae!”

The biggest threat to our country—including World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, and September 11th—I think it’s a bigger threat, potentially a bigger threat than all of that, because it’s like a cancer that spreads, and you better stop it fast.

We will never let the United States become a communist country.

Iran deliberately backfilled all tunnel entrances with dirt in early 2026 to shield against potential further strikes and protect stockpiles of enriched uranium believed to be stored in the underground sections.

I call on all the people of Iran — the youth, the families of martyrs, the war wounded, the brave women and men of this country, and all who walk the path of truth — to come in their masses to the funeral of the Leader, and to write another glorious page in the history of Islamic Iran.

We must rise and let the world hear the people's cry for vengeance for his blood — so that the world knows the noble Iranian people will not be silent in the face of injustice and arrogance, and will not forgo avenging the blood of their Leader.