2 w. ago 'In a bunker' Iran Supreme Leader must avoid 'catastrophic mistake' of escalating war, warns David Lammy

The Foreign Secretary is stressing that that the Middle East, and beyond, is at a ‘moment of peril’

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2 w. ago Iran 'may activate sleeper cells in UK' as Israel conflict brings 'new level of terror'

The Israel conflict is said to be bringing a 'new level of terror' to the west, experts have warned. The country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has snubbed surrender demands from Donald Trump and there are now fears the country could turn to terror

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3 w. ago Iran threatens US with ‘irreparable damage’ if Trump joins war

Ayatollah Khamenei says his country will not surrender, as reports say it is preparing missiles to strike US basesIran’s supreme leader rejected US calls for surrender and warned that joining the war would lead to “irreparable damage”, as Israel ramped up rhetoric about regime change and ordered civilians to evacuate a district in Tehran.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also said Israel made a “huge mistake” by launching the war, in his first comments since Friday. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Iran’s supreme leader warns US of ‘irreparable damage’ if it joins war

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Tehran will ‘never surrender’ in response to Donald Trump

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3 w. ago Iran's ruling clerics have 48 hours to save themselves from US military onslaught, Trump officials warn as American forces are put on high alert and Supreme Leader Khamenei issues chilling battle cry

A White House spokesperson assured that U.S. forces in the Middle East remained in a 'defensive posture', despite a flurry of activity in the region

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3 w. ago Trump weighs up whether to order US strikes on Iran as Israel pummels Tehran and tells people to evacuate... while Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei issues a chilling cryptic warning

Sources say the US President is weighing up whether to join Israel in striking Iranian nuclear sites. It comes as Israel warned residents of Tehran to evacuate before it pummels the city.

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3 w. ago US poised to join Iran war: America amasses armada of warships and fleets of fighter jets in the Middle East as Trump warns Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei 'we know where you're hiding'

At least 224 people have been killed in Iran since Israel began its bombing campaign last week in an attempt to stop the regime from producing a nuclear weapon.

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3 w. ago Trump says 'we're not going to kill Iran's "supreme leader"... yet' and warns 'our patience is wearing thin' as Israel threatens 'pager plot 2.0' and US warplanes head for Gulf

Donald Trump declared he wants a 'complete give-up' by Iran and a 'real end' to its nuclear program, which he suggested would not be achieved through a ceasefire deal.

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3 w. ago Trump’s chilling warning to Iran: we won’t kill Supreme Leader – for now

Trump says ‘we will not take out’ Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ‘for now’

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3 w. ago Donald Trump told Israel not to kill Iran's supreme leader, says report

A new report suggested that US president Donald Trump told the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Natanyahu, to not kill the supreme leader of Iran as tensions continue to rise

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3 w. ago Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader – report

US officials say Israelis reported they had opportunity to kill Iranian leader, but Trump waved them off of planPresident Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two US officials told Reuters on Sunday.“Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we’re not even talking about going after the political leadership,” said one of the sources, a senior US administration official. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump rejected Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader, reports say

Netanyahu did not refute reports but questioned ‘false’ reporting on discussions between the two countries

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3 w. ago Donald Trump 'vetoed plot to kill Iran's supreme leader,' claim US officials

Two senior US officials alleged the US president vetoed an Irsraeli plan to assassinate Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, claims that Benjamin Netanyahu has denied

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