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Supreme leader, in first appearance since ceasefire, says Iran would strike back if attacked
Iran would respond to any future US attack by striking American military bases in the Middle East, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday, in his first televised remarks since a ceasefire was reached between Iran and Israel. Khamenei, 86, said any attack on Iran would come at "grea
Supreme leader, in first appearance since ceasefire, says Iran would strike back if attacked
REUTERS
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Jun 26, 2025 18:30
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Jun 26, 2025 18:30
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a televised message, after the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, in Tehran, Iran, June 26, 2025. Photo : Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
Iran would respond to any future US attack by striking American military bases in the Middle East, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday, in his first televised remarks since a ceasefire was reached between Iran and Israel.
Khamenei, 86, said any attack on Iran would come at "great cost", and noted that Iran had fired on the largest US base in the region, located in Qatar, after Washington joined the Israeli strikes.
"The Islamic Republic slapped America in the face. It attacked one of the important American bases in the region," Khamenei said.
His pre-recorded remarks were aired on state television. As in his last comments, released more than a week ago during the 12-day Israeli bombardment, he spoke from an undisclosed indoor location in front of a brown curtain, between an Iranian flag and a portrait of his predecessor Ruhollah Khomeini.
"The fact that the Islamic Republic has access to important American centres in the region and can take action against them whenever it deems necessary is not a small incident, it is a major incident, and this incident can be repeated in the future if an attack is made," he added.
US President Donald Trump said "Sure" on Wednesday when asked if the United States would strike again if Iran rebuilt its nuclear enrichment programme.
REUTERS
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Jun 26, 2025 18:30
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Jun 26, 2025 18:30
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a televised message, after the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, in Tehran, Iran, June 26, 2025. Photo : Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
Iran would respond to any future US attack by striking American military bases in the Middle East, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday, in his first televised remarks since a ceasefire was reached between Iran and Israel.
Khamenei, 86, said any attack on Iran would come at "great cost", and noted that Iran had fired on the largest US base in the region, located in Qatar, after Washington joined the Israeli strikes.
"The Islamic Republic slapped America in the face. It attacked one of the important American bases in the region," Khamenei said.
His pre-recorded remarks were aired on state television. As in his last comments, released more than a week ago during the 12-day Israeli bombardment, he spoke from an undisclosed indoor location in front of a brown curtain, between an Iranian flag and a portrait of his predecessor Ruhollah Khomeini.
"The fact that the Islamic Republic has access to important American centres in the region and can take action against them whenever it deems necessary is not a small incident, it is a major incident, and this incident can be repeated in the future if an attack is made," he added.
US President Donald Trump said "Sure" on Wednesday when asked if the United States would strike again if Iran rebuilt its nuclear enrichment programme.
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Iran turns to internal crackdown in wake of 12-day war
Iranian authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Israel to intensify an internal security crackdown across the country with mass arrests, executions and military deployments, particularly in the restive Kurdish region, officials and activists said. Within days of Israel's airstrikes beginnin
Iran turns to internal crackdown in wake of 12-day war
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Jun 26, 2025 17:02
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Jun 26, 2025 17:02
People walk near a mural of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Tehran, Iran, June 23, 2025. Photo : Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/ Files
Iranian authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Israel to intensify an internal security crackdown across the country with mass arrests, executions and military deployments, particularly in the restive Kurdish region, officials and activists said.
Within days of Israel's airstrikes beginning on June 13, Iranian security forces started a campaign of widespread arrests accompanied by an intensified street presence based around checkpoints, the officials and activists said.
Some in Israel and exiled opposition groups had hoped the military campaign, which targeted Revolutionary Guards and internal security forces as well as nuclear sites, would spark a mass uprising and the overthrow of the Islamic Republic.
While Reuters has spoken to numerous Iranians angry at the government for policies they believed had led to the Israeli attack, there has been no sign yet of any significant protests against the authorities.
However, one senior Iranian security official and two other senior officials briefed on internal security issues said the authorities were focused on the threat of possible internal unrest, particularly in Kurdish areas.
Revolutionary Guard and Basij paramilitary units were put on alert and internal security was now the primary focus, said the senior security official.
The official said authorities were worried about Israeli agents, ethnic separatists and the People's Mujahideen Organisation, an exiled opposition group that has previously staged attacks inside Iran.
Activists within the country are lying low.
"We are being extremely cautious right now because there's a real concern the regime might use this situation as a pretext," said a rights activist in Tehran who was jailed during mass protests in 2022.
The activist said he knew dozens of people who had been summoned by authorities and either arrested or warned against any expressions of dissent.
Iranian rights group HRNA said on Monday it had recorded arrests of 705 people on political or security charges since the start of the war.
The Palestinian health ministry said another seven were wounded in the burst of violence in Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah.
Many of those arrested have been accused of spying for Israel, HRNA said. Iranian state media reported three were executed on Tuesday in Urmia, near the Turkish border, and the Iranian-Kurdish rights group Hengaw said they were all Kurdish.
Iran's Foreign and Interior Ministries did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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One of the officials briefed on security said troops had been deployed to the borders of Pakistan, Iraq and Azerbaijan to stop infiltration by what the official called terrorists. The other official briefed on security acknowledged that hundreds had been arrested.
Iran's mostly Sunni Muslim Kurdish and Baluch minorities have long been a source of opposition to the Islamic Republic, chafing against rule from the Persian-speaking, Shi'ite government in Tehran.
The three main Iranian Kurdish separatist factions based in Iraqi Kurdistan said some of their activists and fighters had been arrested and described widespread military and security movements by Iranian authorities.
Ribaz Khalili from the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) said Revolutionary Guards units had deployed in schools in Iran's Kurdish provinces within three days of Israel's strikes beginning and gone house-to-house for suspects and arms.
The Guards had taken protective measures too, evacuating an industrial zone near their barracks and closing major roads for their own use in bringing reinforcements to Kermanshah and Sanandaj, two major cities in the Kurdish region.
A cadre from the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK), who gave her nom de guerre of Fatma Ahmed, said the party had counted more than 500 opposition members being detained in Kurdish provinces since the airstrikes began.
Ahmed and an official from the Kurdish Komala party, who spoke on condition of anonymity, both described checkpoints being set up across Kurdish areas with physical searches of people as well as checks of their phones and documents.
REUTERS
Published :
Jun 26, 2025 17:02
Updated :
Jun 26, 2025 17:02
People walk near a mural of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Tehran, Iran, June 23, 2025. Photo : Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/ Files
Iranian authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Israel to intensify an internal security crackdown across the country with mass arrests, executions and military deployments, particularly in the restive Kurdish region, officials and activists said.
Within days of Israel's airstrikes beginning on June 13, Iranian security forces started a campaign of widespread arrests accompanied by an intensified street presence based around checkpoints, the officials and activists said.
Some in Israel and exiled opposition groups had hoped the military campaign, which targeted Revolutionary Guards and internal security forces as well as nuclear sites, would spark a mass uprising and the overthrow of the Islamic Republic.
While Reuters has spoken to numerous Iranians angry at the government for policies they believed had led to the Israeli attack, there has been no sign yet of any significant protests against the authorities.
However, one senior Iranian security official and two other senior officials briefed on internal security issues said the authorities were focused on the threat of possible internal unrest, particularly in Kurdish areas.
Revolutionary Guard and Basij paramilitary units were put on alert and internal security was now the primary focus, said the senior security official.
The official said authorities were worried about Israeli agents, ethnic separatists and the People's Mujahideen Organisation, an exiled opposition group that has previously staged attacks inside Iran.
Activists within the country are lying low.
"We are being extremely cautious right now because there's a real concern the regime might use this situation as a pretext," said a rights activist in Tehran who was jailed during mass protests in 2022.
The activist said he knew dozens of people who had been summoned by authorities and either arrested or warned against any expressions of dissent.
Iranian rights group HRNA said on Monday it had recorded arrests of 705 people on political or security charges since the start of the war.
The Palestinian health ministry said another seven were wounded in the burst of violence in Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah.
Many of those arrested have been accused of spying for Israel, HRNA said. Iranian state media reported three were executed on Tuesday in Urmia, near the Turkish border, and the Iranian-Kurdish rights group Hengaw said they were all Kurdish.
Iran's Foreign and Interior Ministries did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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One of the officials briefed on security said troops had been deployed to the borders of Pakistan, Iraq and Azerbaijan to stop infiltration by what the official called terrorists. The other official briefed on security acknowledged that hundreds had been arrested.
Iran's mostly Sunni Muslim Kurdish and Baluch minorities have long been a source of opposition to the Islamic Republic, chafing against rule from the Persian-speaking, Shi'ite government in Tehran.
The three main Iranian Kurdish separatist factions based in Iraqi Kurdistan said some of their activists and fighters had been arrested and described widespread military and security movements by Iranian authorities.
Ribaz Khalili from the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) said Revolutionary Guards units had deployed in schools in Iran's Kurdish provinces within three days of Israel's strikes beginning and gone house-to-house for suspects and arms.
The Guards had taken protective measures too, evacuating an industrial zone near their barracks and closing major roads for their own use in bringing reinforcements to Kermanshah and Sanandaj, two major cities in the Kurdish region.
A cadre from the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK), who gave her nom de guerre of Fatma Ahmed, said the party had counted more than 500 opposition members being detained in Kurdish provinces since the airstrikes began.
Ahmed and an official from the Kurdish Komala party, who spoke on condition of anonymity, both described checkpoints being set up across Kurdish areas with physical searches of people as well as checks of their phones and documents.
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Trump sought to minimise impact of Iran attack on US base: Khamenei
Khamenei said the attack "caused damage", while Trump has shrugged it off as "very weak". No casualties were reported at the base.
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Trump sought to minimise impact of Iran attack on US base: Khamenei
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Published: 26 Jun 2025, 20: 53
This image grab from a handout video provided by Iran Press on October 4, 2024, shows Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivering a rare Friday sermon at a mosque in Tehran after the Islamic republic had launched a missile attack on Israel. Reuters
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday that US President Donald Trump had sought to "minimise" the impact of Iran's retaliatory strikes on a US base in Qatar.
Trump "tried... to pretend that nothing had happened, when a major event had occurred", Khamenei said in a televised speech on state TV of Iran's attack on Monday on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar -- the largest US military facility in the Middle East.
Khamenei said the attack "caused damage", while Trump has shrugged it off as "very weak". No casualties were reported at the base.
AFP Tehran
Published: 26 Jun 2025, 20: 53
This image grab from a handout video provided by Iran Press on October 4, 2024, shows Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivering a rare Friday sermon at a mosque in Tehran after the Islamic republic had launched a missile attack on Israel. Reuters
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday that US President Donald Trump had sought to "minimise" the impact of Iran's retaliatory strikes on a US base in Qatar.
Trump "tried... to pretend that nothing had happened, when a major event had occurred", Khamenei said in a televised speech on state TV of Iran's attack on Monday on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar -- the largest US military facility in the Middle East.
Khamenei said the attack "caused damage", while Trump has shrugged it off as "very weak". No casualties were reported at the base.
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US hits back at accounts Iran moved uranium
Trump has repeatedly said that the attack “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear facilities, including the key site of Fordo buried inside a mountain.
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US hits back at accounts Iran moved uranium
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Published: 26 Jun 2025, 08: 35
Infographic with satellite image from Planet Labs PBC on June 22, 2025 showing the Fordo nuclear site, in Iran, and US strikes on the same day AFP
President Donald Trump’s administration hit back Wednesday at accounts Iran may have moved enriched uranium before US bombing, as a row grew on how much the strikes set back Tehran’s nuclear program.
Trump, seeking credit for ordering military action and then quickly announcing a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, has lashed out angrily at media accounts of a classified report that doubted the extent of damage to Iranian nuclear sites.
Another key question raised by experts is whether Iran, preparing for the strike, moved out some 400 kilogram (880 pounds) of enriched uranium—which could now be hidden elsewhere in the vast country.
“I can tell you, the United States had no indication that that enriched uranium was moved prior to the strikes, as I also saw falsely reported,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News.
“As for what’s on the ground right now, it’s buried under miles and miles of rubble because of the success of these strikes on Saturday evening,” she said.
Vice President JD Vance, asked about the uranium on Sunday, had sounded less definitive and said the United States would discuss the issue with Iran.
“We’re going to work in the coming weeks to ensure that we do something with that fuel,” Vance told ABC News program “This Week.”
The quantity of uranium had been reported by the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, with which Iran is considering severing cooperation after the Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear program.
“The IAEA lost visibility on this material the moment hostilities began,” the agency’s chief, Rafael Grossi, told France 2 television.
But he added: “I don’t want to give the impression that it’s been lost or hidden.”
Trump lashes out
The US military said it dropped 14 GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs—powerful 13,600-kilogram (30,000-pound) weapons—on three Iranian nuclear sites.
Trump has repeatedly said that the attack “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear facilities, including the key site of Fordo buried inside a mountain.
But an initial classified assessment, first reported by CNN, was said to have concluded that the strike did not destroy key components and that Iran’s nuclear program was set back only months at most.
Trump furiously lashed out at the CNN reporter behind the story, taking to his Truth Social platform to demand that the network fire her.
Trump also said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whom he dubbed “war” secretary, would hold a news conference at 8 am (1200 GMT) on Thursday to “fight for the dignity of our great American pilots” after the media accounts on the efficacy of the strike he ordered.
Trump’s intelligence chiefs also pushed back on Wednesday.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe in a statement said that new intelligence from a “historically reliable” source indicated that “several key Iranian nuclear facilities were destroyed and would have to be rebuilt over the course of years.”
Iran’s government has said that its nuclear facilities were “badly damaged.”
The uranium in question is enriched to 60 percent—above levels for civilian usage but still below weapons grade.
The IAEA, in a report cited by the United States and Israel to justify their attacks, said that Iran was not complying with obligations but did not find that Tehran was making a nuclear bomb.
Israel is widely known to have nuclear weapons but does not publicly confirm or deny its program. The United States is the only nation to have used nuclear weapons in war.
AFP Washington
Published: 26 Jun 2025, 08: 35
Infographic with satellite image from Planet Labs PBC on June 22, 2025 showing the Fordo nuclear site, in Iran, and US strikes on the same day AFP
President Donald Trump’s administration hit back Wednesday at accounts Iran may have moved enriched uranium before US bombing, as a row grew on how much the strikes set back Tehran’s nuclear program.
Trump, seeking credit for ordering military action and then quickly announcing a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, has lashed out angrily at media accounts of a classified report that doubted the extent of damage to Iranian nuclear sites.
Another key question raised by experts is whether Iran, preparing for the strike, moved out some 400 kilogram (880 pounds) of enriched uranium—which could now be hidden elsewhere in the vast country.
“I can tell you, the United States had no indication that that enriched uranium was moved prior to the strikes, as I also saw falsely reported,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News.
“As for what’s on the ground right now, it’s buried under miles and miles of rubble because of the success of these strikes on Saturday evening,” she said.
Vice President JD Vance, asked about the uranium on Sunday, had sounded less definitive and said the United States would discuss the issue with Iran.
“We’re going to work in the coming weeks to ensure that we do something with that fuel,” Vance told ABC News program “This Week.”
The quantity of uranium had been reported by the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, with which Iran is considering severing cooperation after the Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear program.
“The IAEA lost visibility on this material the moment hostilities began,” the agency’s chief, Rafael Grossi, told France 2 television.
But he added: “I don’t want to give the impression that it’s been lost or hidden.”
Trump lashes out
The US military said it dropped 14 GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs—powerful 13,600-kilogram (30,000-pound) weapons—on three Iranian nuclear sites.
Trump has repeatedly said that the attack “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear facilities, including the key site of Fordo buried inside a mountain.
But an initial classified assessment, first reported by CNN, was said to have concluded that the strike did not destroy key components and that Iran’s nuclear program was set back only months at most.
Trump furiously lashed out at the CNN reporter behind the story, taking to his Truth Social platform to demand that the network fire her.
Trump also said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whom he dubbed “war” secretary, would hold a news conference at 8 am (1200 GMT) on Thursday to “fight for the dignity of our great American pilots” after the media accounts on the efficacy of the strike he ordered.
Trump’s intelligence chiefs also pushed back on Wednesday.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe in a statement said that new intelligence from a “historically reliable” source indicated that “several key Iranian nuclear facilities were destroyed and would have to be rebuilt over the course of years.”
Iran’s government has said that its nuclear facilities were “badly damaged.”
The uranium in question is enriched to 60 percent—above levels for civilian usage but still below weapons grade.
The IAEA, in a report cited by the United States and Israel to justify their attacks, said that Iran was not complying with obligations but did not find that Tehran was making a nuclear bomb.
Israel is widely known to have nuclear weapons but does not publicly confirm or deny its program. The United States is the only nation to have used nuclear weapons in war.
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The US and Israel have actually damaged the long emptied out surface facilities and their power stations and warehouses and halls where these centrifuges were installed and also damaged the utilities and access roads and even the entrances to secret tunnels......
Now this damage runs in the billions of dollars!
There's no doubt that Irans taken a hit here........not sure about Fordow, but at Natanz and Isfahan the surface bldgs are heavily damaged.
This don't mean Irans nuke program has been demolished, but just monetary loss.
Iran should threaten destruction of Israel and GCC infra again unless its compensated for this billion dollars in damages incurred.
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Ghaaaddh dhaang chutiya Iran needs to immediately realize dat its all alone in dis whuulld!
Ullu k putthay Irani gotta digest this fact that no fukkin muzlim, athiest nor Christy X-Tian will ever come to its aid.
NEVER!
Yous gotta fight all dem fukkin demons alone Mr Iran.....only thing better than an ugly truth is a beautiful lie......as they say.....
Ullu k putthay Irani gotta digest this fact that no fukkin muzlim, athiest nor Christy X-Tian will ever come to its aid.
NEVER!
Yous gotta fight all dem fukkin demons alone Mr Iran.....only thing better than an ugly truth is a beautiful lie......as they say.....
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This ain't right k in gypsy ko bakhsh diya? How dare they even raise their heads? let alone dare to attack?.......really?
Iran stopping this is treason!
Iran stopping this is treason!
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Baby got everything bhai……but baby’s leadership compromised no?
Dis da fukkin issue!
Karnay ko to sub Kuchh kar lain……which 99% others can’t no?
But no political direction nor ideology only nationalism and exceptionalism.
Bharrkain maarna tarriyaan maarna……mainay terri bhund lugga deni hae…..
……ok bhai, bhund to aap nay lugga dee na…..aap ab jaa kidher re ho?Iran has lund direction……even I have to admit Irani leadership is chutiya.
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I don't think they could afford to escalate, good that they've stopped..Baby got everything bhai……but baby’s leadership compromised no?
Dis da fukkin issue!
Karnay ko to sub Kuchh kar lain……which 99% others can’t no?
But no political direction nor ideology only nationalism and exceptionalism.
Bharrkain maarna tarriyaan maarna……mainay terri bhund lugga deni hae…..
Iran has lund direction……even I have to admit Irani leadership is chutiya.
B2 strikes toh jhaanki hai
proper war baaki hai
unko pound of flesh chahiye tha, kar lia extract
fight to the death waali jung ka zamana gaya
dekho kya hota hai going forward..
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How its played out among the Amriki awam is most fascinating:
Dave Smith from the PBD crew laying the smack down on pouty beauty Elica LeBon
interesting debate here:
Dave Smith from the PBD crew laying the smack down on pouty beauty Elica LeBon
interesting debate here:
Baby got everything bhai……but baby’s leadership compromised no?
Dis da fukkin issue!
Karnay ko to sub Kuchh kar lain……which 99% others can’t no?
But no political direction nor ideology only nationalism and exceptionalism.
Bharrkain maarna tarriyaan maarna……mainay terri bhund lugga deni hae…..
Iran has lund direction……even I have to admit Irani leadership is chutiya.
They are in the grip of an alien ideology.
Usi ko masle ja rahe hain chauda sau saal.
Aur khud masle ja rahe hain.
Vicious cycle. Jo hum bahar baithe dekh rahe hain.
Like a horrified bystander.
Entering a laundromat after the Ninja Assassin fight.
Watching the Yakuza clan chick's cut up body go round and round in the vibrating washing machine, her lifeless scream and open eyes staring out at you through the central glass window. Like a gramophone record.
Blood streaming out from the sides.
As we say in Hindi
Chakki pissing and pissing only.
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