US President Donald Trump issued a fresh threat to Iran, claiming that he could eliminate the remaining leadership in the country with just "one shot" during the funeral ceremonies of the late Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. He, however, said that he would not do so since there wo…

US President Donald Trump issued a fresh threat to Iran, claiming that he could eliminate the remaining leadership in the country with just "one shot" during the funeral ceremonies of the late Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. He, however, said that he would not do so since there would be "no one left" to negotiate with."They are all there. One shot and we can take them all out, but we are not going to do that because then we would have nobody to negotiate with...They are begging to make a deal," Trump told Axios.He also asserted that both sides have decided to take a week off from the talks until the events around Khamenei's funeral end. In the meantime, Trump said, neither side will attack the other.Ali Khamenei, who ruled Iran for 36 years, was killed on February 28 - the day the US and Israel began striking Iran, triggering a war in the Middle East. Iran chose July 4, the 250th anniversary of the creation of the US, to begin Khamenei's funeral. The funeral rituals will include events in Qom - a holy city south of Tehran, on July 7, and other religious observances. It will conclude on July 9 with Khamenei's burial in his hometown, the northeastern holy city of Mashhad.Millions of Iranians have been gathering on the streets, making the funeral one of the closely tracked global events.Source: NDTV