Following the Israeli attack on residential areas in some Iranian cities, including Tehran, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, warned that the regime must now await a harsh punishment.”
In a statement on Friday mornings, hours after the latest Israeli aggression against Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei said the Zionist regime has prepared a “bitter and painful fate” for itself.
What Follows is the full text of the message:
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
To the great Iranian nation! The Zionist regime has committed a crime in our dear country today at dawn with its satanic, bloodstained hands. It has revealed its malicious nature even more than before by targeting residential areas. The [Zionist] regime should anticipate a severe punishment. By God’s grace, the powerful arm of the Islamic Republic’s Armed Forces won’t let them go unpunished. In the enemy’s attacks, several commanders and scientists have been martyred. God willing, their successors and colleagues will carry on with their duties without delay. With this crime, the Zionist regime has prepared for itself a bitter, painful fate, which it will definitely see.
Sayyid Ali Khamenei
Khordad 23, 1404
[June 13, 2025]