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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Andrew Roth and Joseph Gedeon in Washington and William Christou in Jerusalem

Iran says US ‘must receive a response’ after Trump’s strikes on nuclear sites

Protesters in Tehran hold up posters
Protesters in Tehran hold up posters showing the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the late Ayatollah Khomeini after the US attacks. Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP

Iran has warned the US to brace for retaliation after Donald Trump’s administration joined Israel in its war against Tehran, tearing up his isolationist foreign policy and launching the most consequential intervention in a conflict in a generation.

Almost a day after US strikes targeting three key Iranian nuclear sites, Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, told France’s Emmanuel Macron: “The Americans must receive a response to their aggression,” signalling a potential Iranian reprisal that could drag the US into a new, protracted conflict in the Middle East.

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