🛑BREAKING NEWS:
Iran’s Supreme Leader responds to the United States’ strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities
“Americans should expect greater damage and blows than ever before,” he says
Because the United States is entering Israeli attacks on #Iran "to its own detriment," Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei repeated an earlier warning to the United States early Sunday after the #US bombed key Iranian nuclear sites.
Political AffIsrael’s president has also been speaking to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, calling the US attack on Iran a “historic” and “brave” decision.
Pressed on whether Iran’s nuclear capabilities have been eliminated, Herzog says he doesn’t know the details, “but it’s quite clear to me that the Iranian nuclear program has been hit substantially”.
He is also asked if Israel directly requested Trump to attack Iran. Herzog says “we decided to leave it to the Americans", before adding that he didn’t know the US was going to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.
“I was woken up when it
happened,” he says.Kuenssberg then asks if Israel will now stop attacking Iran. Herzog doesn’t give a direct answer, only saying Iran is firing missiles at Israeli territory and “we have to do whatever it takes to defend ourselves against missiles”.
“The way to do it is of course to deal with it on an international level and make sure that there is an exit strategy,” he adds."I am deeply concerned about the potential for retaliatory attacks here in the homeland by Iran," says CBS News national security contributor Samantha Vinograd.
"While Iran has certainly taken a hit to its nuclear program and military installations, it is likely that they will rely on their asymmetric advantage, which is their proxies," Vinograd explains, "to try to send a signal to the United States, and to the rest of the world, that they just aren't going to take this hit without any kind of response"
airs IntDonald Trump says the strikes "totally obliterated" Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities, and tells Tehran to "make peace" or face "far greater" attacks in future
Israel's president tells the BBC that Iran's nuclear programme was hit "substantially" but the full details are still to emerge
In response, Iran's foreign minister warns of "everlasting consequences" to the "outrageous" strikes
The UN's nuclear watchdog says no increase in radiation levels has been detected
As Israel and Iran continue their attacks, what are Iran's options now?
