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Leader: Iranian Armed Forces will render 'despicable' Israeli regime helpless
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Iranian Armed Forces will act strongly and render the despicable Israeli regime helpless.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Iranian Armed Forces will act strongly and render the despicable Israeli regime helpless.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry summons the caretaker of Swiss embassy in Tehran to protest Israel’s attacks against the country.

Iran, armed with an extensive arsenal of missiles and drones, has vowed retaliation following Israeli attacks on Friday that resulted in the assassination of top military commanders and nuclear scientists.

A number of prominent Western politicians have condemned the latest Israeli attacks on Iran, urging their governments to stop funding and supporting the Israeli regime and avoid being dragged into a war that has no public support among Western nations.

Iraq’s prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has strongly condemned Israel’s “criminal act” against Iran that killed civilians, scientists and military commanders.

The Iranian foreign minister says Israel’s aggression against the country amounts to a declaration of war.

The IRGC’s new commander vows that the Islamic Republic would exact painful revenge on the Israeli regime over the latter’s deadly attacks against the country on Friday.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has condemned in the strongest terms the large-scale aggression by the Israeli regime against Iran.

Maj. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour has been appointed IRGC commander-in-chief after Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami’s assassination, bringing extensive military experience and leadership to the force.

Hezbollah’s secretary-general asserts that Iran will “emerge stronger” following a string of “US-backed Israeli assassinations” of its senior figures.

Following Maj. Gen. Bagheri’s martyrdom, Ayatollah Khamenei appointed veteran commander Major General Mousavi as the new Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces.

Sirens have sounded in Israeli settlements near the border between the occupied territories and Lebanon, following Israeli strikes on Iran.

Israel launched a brazen attack against Iran on Friday, assassinating top military commanders and scientists, while Western powers continue to be silent, exposing their complicity.

The Iranian president says the country’s legitimate and powerful response to the enemy will make it regret its preposterous action.

Veteran Iranian nuclear scientist and former lawmaker Dr. Fereydoun Abbasi, long active in the defense and energy sectors of the country, was assassinated in Friday’s Israeli strikes.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has announced the martyrdom of Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Division, in the Israeli aggression on Iran early Friday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned in strongest terms Israel’s deadly act of aggression, vowing support for the Armed Forces in defense of the nation against the criminal regime.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has named successors for military commanders assassinated in Israel’s strikes early Friday.