Article 72XWG Iran warns attack on Khamenei would be declaration of war

Iran warns attack on Khamenei would be declaration of war

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Lorenzo Tondo and Deepa Parent
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President issues warning amid speculation Donald Trump plans to assassinate or remove supreme leader

Iran's president, Masoud Pezeshkian, warned on Sunday that any attack on the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would be a declaration of war.

In an apparent response to speculation that Donald Trump is considering an attempt to assassinate or remove Khamenei, Pezeshkian said in a post on X: An attack on the great leader of our country is tantamount to a full-scale war with the Iranian nation."

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