In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd as he arrives for a ceremony marking the anniversary of the 1989 death of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, shown in the poster in background, as Ayatollah Khomeini's grandson Hassan stands at right, at his shrine just outside Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. AP/PTI(AP06_04_2025_000264B)
Jerusalem, Jun 13 (AP) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday that Israel will face a “severe punishment” over its attack on the country.Khamenei issued a statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency. It confirmed that top military officials and scientists had been killed in the attack.
Israel “opened its wicked and blood-stained hand to a crime in our beloved country, revealing its malicious nature more than ever by striking residential centers,” Khamenei said. (AP) NSA
