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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday threatened a “severe and regret-inducing” response to any “aggression” against his country, following a threat by US President Donald Trump to attack Iran again, Anadolu Agency reports. “The response of the Islamic Republic of Iran to any unjust aggression will be severe and regret-inducing,” Pezeshkian said on the US social media company X. On Monday, Trump said he would support an Israeli attack on Iran if Tehran resumes its nuclear program, warning that he would “knock the hell out of them.” Flanked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Palm Beach estate in Florida, Trump also claimed that Iran is trying to expand its ballistic missile program. “Now I hear that Iran is […]
