
Iran’s Khamenei vows punishment after US joins Israeli attacks
Israel and Iran continue to trade attacks as US President Donald Trump hints at possible regime change in Tehran.
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Hardliners in Iran call for action after US strikes
Reporting from Gilan, IranPoliticians and state media in Iran have called for attacks on US bases in the Middle East following the bombings of the Iranian nuclear sites.
State television’s Channel 3 showed a map of US military bases across the region, including in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq, which are within range of Iranian missiles.
“It is now clearer than ever, not just for the Iranian nation but for the whole peoples of the region, that all US citizens and military personnel are legitimate targets. We were negotiating and progressing through a diplomatic path, but you chose to spill the blood of your soldiers. The US president in the Oval Office chose to take delivery of the coffins of up to 50,000 US soldiers in Washington,” the channel’s anchor Mehdi Khanalizadeh said.
Hossein Shariatmadari, the ultraconservative head of the Keyhan daily newspaper, who was appointed by Khamenei, wrote: “It is now our turn to immediately rain missiles down on the US naval force in Bahrain as a first measure.”
He also renewed his longtime call for Iran to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz and said Tehran must deny access to ships from the US, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.
Hamid Rasaei, one of the most hardline members of Iran’s parliament who is close to the Paydari (Steadfastness) faction led by Security Council member and failed presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, went one step further and said Iran must hit US bases in Saudi Arabia.
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