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The supreme leader had struck a more cautious approach in earlier remarks after Israeli air strikes on Iran last week.

Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani outlined the move that would see "a significant increase of more than 200% in the country's military budget" at a news conference in Tehran, without elaborating.

Germany and the European Union on Tuesday strongly condemned Iran's execution of a 69-year-old German-Iranian dissident after years behind bars and warned they were considering retaliatory measures.

Daughter of Jamshid Sharmahd says family let down by US and German governments’ failure to save him

Israel’s attack on Iran likely damaged a base run by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that builds ballistic missiles and launches rockets as part of its own space program

Germany warns of ‘serious consequences’ for Tehran’s ‘inhumane regime’

Iran’s religious ruler Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claims Israel’s aerial attack should not be exaggerated amid fears of wider war – but his officials branded the airstrikes a violation of international law

Strikes also targeted military sites linked to Tehran’s nuclear programme and ballistic missile production

How Iran chooses to respond to the unusually public Israeli airstrikes could determine whether the region spirals further toward all-out war or holds steady at an already devastating and destabilizing level of violence

Israeli attack damages secret Iranian bases linked to nuclear and missile programs

Israel’s airstrikes of Oct. 26, 2024 – which hit around 20 military targets in Iran, Iraq and Syria – had been anticipated for weeks. Indeed, the operation followed a promise from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to retaliate for an earlier ballistic missile attack by Tehran in early October.