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Ayatollah's warning
Coventry Telegraph
|February 02, 2026
IRAN’S supreme leader has warned the United States that if “they start a war, this time it will be a regional war”.
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The comments from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reported by Iranian state television yesterday, are the most direct threat he has made so far. The report added that 86-year-old Ayatollah Khamenei said: “We are not the instigators and we do not seek to attack any country, but the Iranian nation will deliver a firm blow to anyone who attacks or harasses it.”
The comments were made as tensions are high in the Middle East as US President Donald Trump ponders a possible military strike against Iran.
This story is from the February 02, 2026 edition of Coventry Telegraph.
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