Iran's Supreme Leader Warns Israel and US of 'Disastrous Consequences'
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today (November 2) once again threatened Israel and the United States with dire consequences for their hostile actions against Iran.
DW quoted Mr. Khamenei, 85, as saying at an event in Tehran: "The enemy, whether the Jewish state or the United States, will definitely receive a fatal response for what they are doing to Iran and the resistance front." Iran's supreme leader did not give details about the timing or scale of Iran's response.
The “Resistance Front” appears to refer to an alliance of pro-Iranian Islamist militant groups, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Palestinian group Hamas.
Khamenei issued his harshest warning yet as Israel braced for possible retaliation for its airstrikes on Iran on October 26. Iranian officials had previously threatened to launch another attack on Israel after Tel Aviv targeted its military bases, according to the Times of Israel.
General Mohammad Ali Naini, spokesman for Iran's Revolutionary Guards, which controls the ballistic missiles needed to target Israel, told Fars news agency that Iran's response "will be wise, strong and beyond the enemy's understanding".
Experts say any attack from either side could plunge the Middle East into a larger conflict, as the region is already reeling from the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel's ground campaign in Lebanon.
