Iran’s Top Leader Warns of Regional War as Trump Renews Demands

Iran’s supreme leader warned of a “regional war” as tensions continued to mount over potential US strikes on Tehran and top Israeli military officials visited Washington.

“We don’t want to attack any country,” 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khameneisaid in a public speech broadcast on state television on Sunday. “But in response to anyone who harbors ambitions, wants to attack, and seeks to cause harm, the Iranian people will strike back forcefully.”

Weeks of escalating tensions have pushed Iran and the US to the brink of conflict, following threats by President Donald Trump in January to attack over Tehran’s deadly crackdown ...