Leader warns of ‘tooth-breaking response’ to US, Israel
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warned the United States and Israel that they will definitely receive a crushing response for their atrocities against Iran and the resistance front.
“The enemies, both the US and the Zionist regime, should know that they will definitely receive a tooth-breaking response for what they are doing against Iran and the resistance front,” he said in a meeting with students on Saturday.
Iranian officials have pledged to avenge Israel’s act of aggression targeting three Iranian provinces of Ilam, Khuzestan and Tehran in the early hours of October 26.
Israeli warplanes used the space available to the US military in Iraq to fire long-range air-to-air missiles at Iran’s provinces in flagrant violation of international law and the UN Charter.
Israel claims the aggression was a response to Iran’s missile attack on the regime’s military sites on October 1, itself a retaliation for the assassination of the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah resistance groups and an Iranian commander.
Four members of the Iranian Army’s Air Defense Force and one civilian were killed in the attack.
“This is not merely a matter of revenge but a logical action—an approach aligned with religion, ethics, and the Sharia, in accordance with international regulations,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The Leader made the statements on the occasion of marking the US embassy takeover by Iranian students on November 4, 1979, known as the National Day of the Fight against Global Arrogance.
“We are certainly doing everything necessary to prepare the Iranian nation to stand against arrogance, whether in terms of military readiness, armaments, or political actions, and thank God, our officials are currently engaged in this,” the Leader said.
Iran has also warned that it would change its military doctrine to make a nuclear bomb in case of an existential threat.
“What I said [previously that] if its existence is threatened, the Islamic Republic of Iran will revisit its military doctrine, is still in place and we have the capability to build the whole weapon,” said Kamal Kharrazi, a senior adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution.