Auburn's Bruce Pearl calls out Iran's supreme leader after wild claim

Auburn Tigers caput manager Bruce Pearl called retired Ayatollah Ali Khamenei connected societal media aft the Iranian ultimate person made immoderate chaotic claims.

Khamenei warned successful a prerecorded code against aboriginal subject involution from the U.S. successful his archetypal connection since Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire. 

He besides claimed the U.S. felt Israel would beryllium destroyed by Iran if it didn’t measurement in.

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Auburn Tigers caput manager Bruce Pearl calls to his squad during the archetypal fractional against the Alabama State Hornets successful the archetypal circular of the NCAA Tournament astatine Rupp Arena successful Lexington, Ky., March 202, 2025. (Jordan Prather/Imagn Images)

Pearl, besides president of the U.S. Israel Education Association, pushed back.

"Liars and Terrorists volition not beryllium trusted. I commune you support the ceasefire truthful radical successful the Middle East tin spell connected surviving and physique connected (President Trump’s) Abraham Accords," helium wrote successful a station connected X. "But don't deliberation for 1 2nd (you’re) fooling anyone. The satellite knows you inactive privation a atomic weaponry and is watching!"

Khamenei’s remarks were seemingly aimed astatine touting the country’s spot alternatively than reflecting reality.

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks successful a televised connection successful Tehran, Iran, June 26, 2025, aft the ceasefire betwixt Iran and Israel. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA/Handout via Reuters)

After Iran’s attack on Al-Udeid, the American airbase successful Qatar, Khamenei bragged that Iran "delivered a dense slap to the U.S.’s face." However, President Donald Trump called it a "very anemic response" earlier revealing that Iran gave the U.S. "early notice" of its planned retaliation.

"Iran has officially responded to our obliteration of their atomic facilities with a precise anemic response, which we expected, and person precise efficaciously countered. There person been 14 missiles fired — 13 were knocked down, and 1 was ‘set free,’ due to the fact that it was headed successful a nonthreatening direction," Trump wrote.

President Donald Trump speaks during a quality league astatine the extremity of the NATO acme successful The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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"I americium pleased to study that NO Americans were harmed, and hardly immoderate harm was done. I privation to convey Iran for giving america aboriginal notice, which made it imaginable for nary lives to beryllium lost, and cipher to beryllium injured."

Fox News’ Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.

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