Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday of a “regional war” if the United States attacked following heavy military deployments by Washington in the Gulf.
“The Americans should know that if they start a war, this time it will be a regional war,” Khamenei was quoted as saying by the Tasnim news agency.
He likened recent anti-government protests that saw killings and vandalism to “a coup”.
“They (rioters) attacked the police, government centres, IRGC centres, banks, and mosques, and burned the Koran… It was like a coup,” Khamenei said, adding that “the coup was suppressed”. (AFP)
