Photo: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran recently
The Iranian Parliament has warned that any attack on the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would trigger a declaration of jihad, or holy war.
According to the Iranian Students News Agency, the threat was made Tuesday by the country’s national security parliamentary commission
Tensions between Iran and the United States have grown following a severe crackdown of protests across Iran, which U.S. President Donald trump warned could lead to a response from Washington.
“Any attack on the Supreme Leader means a declaration of war with the entire Islamic world and must await the issuance of a Jihad decree by Islamic scholars and the response of Islam’s soldiers in all parts of the world,” the parliamentary commission said.
