Iran says Israel and America will pay a very heavy price

Iranian state media conveying a statement from Iran’s Armed Forces General staff that Israel and the US wil “pay a very heavy price”.

• US and Israel will receive “harsh blow” in response
• “Israel and the United States will recieve a forceful slap”
• Iran’s Armed Forces would be retaliating in force soon with counter strikes
• “a retaliation attack is definite, God willingly.”

Updates:

• New explosion heard at Natanz uranium enrichment facility” in Isfahan province of Iran
• Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is alive, being briefed
• Ali Shamkhani, Political Advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader is confirmed alive

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This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.