Hours after Israeli attack on Iran,Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has vowed “severe punishment” describing the attack as a crime.

He said; “The evil and bloody hand of the Zionist regime committed a crime in our beloved country at dawn today, once again revealing its wicked nature by targeting residential areas. This regime must await severe punishment.

“By God’s will, the powerful arm of the Islamic Republic’s armed forces will not let it go unpunished,” he said.

“In the enemy’s attacks, a number of commanders and scientists were martyred. Their successors and colleagues will immediately continue their duties, God willing,” he said. “With this crime, the Zionist regime has brought a bitter and painful fate upon itself, and it will certainly face it.”