Express – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has strongly condemned US attacks on Iran-allied militia group in Iraq and blamed Washington for violence in the neighboring country. The US military carried out airstrikes on Sunday against the Kataib Hezbollah militia in response to the killing of a US civilian contractor in a Friday rocket attack on an Iraqi military base. The attacks sparked angry scenes at the US embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad but Donald Trump accused Iran of orchestrating the violent

protests and warned Tehran would be held responsible. Ayatollah Khamenei said: “The Iranian government, nation and I strongly condemn the US attacks. Again that guy Trump has accused Iran for the attacks. “You cannot do a da** thing. If you were logical, which you are not, you would see that your crimes in Iraq and other countries have made nations hate you. “If Iran decides to confront a country, we will do that openly. If anyone threatens our nation’s interests we will fight back without any hesitation.” READ MORE