ISRAEL-IRAN: No casualties in Iranian missile barrages overnight into Wednesday ■ 23 people dead, 631 wounded in Israel since Friday ■ Israel running low on Arrow 3 interceptor missiles, report says ■ Almost 600 Iranians dead from Israeli strikes, American NGO says ■ GAZA: 30 Palestinians killed by IDF fire on Wednesday, Hamas-run health ministry says
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in a statement read by a television presenter on Wednesday that his country will not accept U.S. President Donald Trump's call for an unconditional surrender.
In his first remarks since Friday, when he delivered a speech broadcast on state media after Israel began bombarding Iran, Khamenei said peace or war could not be imposed on the Islamic Republic. He added that Tehran will punish Israel for what he called "a huge mistake" on its part.
"Intelligent people who know Iran, the Iranian nation and its history, will never speak to this nation in threatening language because the Iranian nation will not surrender," he said.
"The Americans should know that any U.S. military intervention will undoubtedly be accompanied by irreparable damage."
