Iran‘s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said today that the US and Israel “will undoubtedly receive a crushing response” for what they are doing against his country, Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen, state media reported. Media in Iran.
“The enemies, including America and the Zionist government, should know that they will undoubtedly receive a crushing response for what they are doing against Iran and the resistance front,” Khamenei said.
Iran’s supreme spiritual leader’s comments came as he addressed students on the upcoming anniversary of the 1979 student takeover of the US embassy in Tehran, shortly after the Islamic revolution that ousted the US-backed Shah.
Khamenei also said that Tehran will succeed in confronting the “global arrogance and the criminal apparatus that currently rules the world order”, as reported by the Iranian news agency IRNA.
“This arrogance concerns all levels. Economic, military and cultural humiliation of nations,” Khamenei added.
American forces are deployed in the Middle East
Following the Israeli attack on military bases in Tehran, Iranian officials say they will respond to Tel Aviv, although initial reports indicated a limited response.
Reports of the previous days even claimed that Iran’s response will come before the US elections.
The US said on Friday it would deploy B-52 bombers, fighter jets, refueling aircraft and Navy destroyers to the Middle East in a realignment of military assets as the aircraft carrier strike group Abraham Lincoln prepares to leave the region, reports Reuters.
“Should Iran, its partners, or its proxies use this moment to target American personnel or interests in the region (including Israel), the United States will take all necessary measures to defend our people,” Pentagon spokesman Air Force Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder said.
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