TEHRAN \u2014 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned on Sunday that any attack on Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would be considered a declaration of \u201call-out war\u201d against the Iranian nation, following a sharp exchange of rhetoric with US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
Pezeshkian\u2019s comments, posted on social media platform X, come amid heightened tensions after Trump told Politico on Saturday that it was \u201ctime to look for new leadership in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAny attack on our great leader will be tantamount to an all-out war against the Iranian nation,\u201d Pezeshkian wrote.<\/p>\n
The Iranian president also blamed Washington for the country\u2019s economic struggles, citing \u201clongstanding hostility\u201d and \u201cinhumane sanctions\u201d imposed by the United States and its allies as the primary drivers of hardship for the Iranian people.<\/p>\n
The diplomatic spat intensified earlier on Saturday when Khamenei labeled Trump a \u201ccriminal,\u201d holding him responsible for casualties and damages sustained during recent periods of domestic unrest in Iran.<\/p>\n
Relations between Tehran and Washington have remained fraught since Trump\u2019s return to the White House, characterized by a continuation of the \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d policy and frequent verbal confrontations between the two leaderships.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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