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Iranian parliament warns of jihad if supreme leader is attacked
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAny attack on Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would trigger a declaration of jihad, or holy war, the Iranian Students News Agency quotes Iran’s national security parliamentary commission as saying.
Tensions between Iran and the United States have grown following a severe crackdown of protests across Iran, which US President Donald Trump warned could lead to a response from Washington.
“Any attack on the supreme leader means a declaration of war with the entire Islamic world and must await the issuance of a jihad decree by Islamic scholars and the response of Islam’s soldiers in all parts of the world,” the parliamentary commission says.
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