Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, said Friday that Israel will face “severe punishment” in retaliation for attacking the Islamic Republic, as the Iranian military suggested that the United States may also face retaliation.
The state-run IRNA news agency publicized the statement from Khamenei and also confirmed that the Israeli attack had slain top military officials and scientists.
Israel “opened its wicked and blood-stained hand to commit a crime against our beloved country, revealing its malicious nature more than ever by striking residential centers,” Khamenei said.
The United States was also threatened by Iranian officials.
A spokesperson for the Iranian armed forces, Brig. Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, “declared that the Zionist enemy and the United States will pay a very heavy price, adding that Iran will unleash a powerful response against the Zionist regime,” according to a statement posted on the Iranian military’s official X social media account….