Iran’s Pezeshkian warns of ‘more severe’ attacks if Israeli strikes continue

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian giving an address on the anniversary of the death of the country's former supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at the latter's mausoleum in Tehran on June 3, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian giving an address on the anniversary of the death of the country's former supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at the latter's mausoleum in Tehran on June 3, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warns that there would be a “more severe and powerful response” if Israel continued to strike his country.

“The continuation of Zionist aggression will be met with a more severe and powerful response from the Iranian armed forces,” Pezeshkian says in a phone call with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, according to the Iranian presidency.

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