Iran has issued a stern warning against Israeli and U.S. attacks on its territory.
“We have warned you. Now you have started on a path whose end is no longer in your hands,” said Security Council Chairman Ebrahim Azizi.
The United States and Israel launched the attack on Saturday, with Israel calling it a “pre-emptive strike” against its old enemy “to neutralize the threat.”
“Our goal is to defend the American people by neutralizing the imminent threat posed by the Iranian regime,” U.S. President Donald Trump said.
It comes after the United States massively increased its military buildup in the region to pressure Tehran to scale back its nuclear program and launched a brutal crackdown on widespread protests in Iran.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened military action if the nuclear issue cannot be resolved through negotiations.
According to eyewitness reports in Iran’s capital Tehran, the residence of religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was attacked.
However, he himself is believed to have fled to safety.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has previously threatened to launch an all-out war if Khamenei is attacked.