Iran's Khamenei warns US and Israel against fresh attacks

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 31 Oct, 19:44 · Archive

Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei has warned the United States and Israel against launching new military strikes.

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned the United States and Israel on Saturday against launching new attacks following threats by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resume military strikes. The warning came as tensions mount over potential resumed fighting in the Middle East.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a G20 press conference in Atlanta, Georgia that Trump "hasn't made a decision" on further military action. "We can achieve military objectives if we seek to," Rubio said, adding that Trump had "not yet made a decision about fresh strikes" and that the US preferred a diplomatic solution to end conflict with Iran.

In response to Khamenei's warning, Iran's hardline lawmakers renewed calls for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons. Mahmoud Nabavian, a member of Iran's Parliament, wrote on X that "a change in the nuclear doctrine is the demand of the overwhelming majority of the heroic people of Iran" and that Iran "must respond at the same level at which the enemy attacks us". Khamenei ordered the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to update its list of targets to include all US and Israeli "physical and non-physical" assets within reach of Iranian forces.

How it is being reported

• Iran hardliner demands atomic bomb as Khamenei threatens ‘unrestricted’ retaliation against USMahmoud Nabavian renewed calls for Tehran to build an atomic bomb -- as Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei issued a defiant statement Saturday ordering its armed forces to prepare "an immediate, impactful, and geographically unrestricted response” to its enemies.New York Post · 31 Oct, 19:26
• Iran's Khamenei warns US and Israel against new attacksIran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned the United States and Israel on Saturday against further strikes as fears mount over a resumption of fighting in the Middle East. US President Donald Trump and his Israeli ally Benjamin Netanyahu have recently threatened fresh military action on the Islamic republic.France 24 · 31 Oct, 17:00

In this story: Iran · United States · Israel · Mojtaba Khamenei · Donald Trump · Benjamin Netanyahu · Marco Rubio · Mahmoud Nabavian

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