Iran warns of wider war if US attacks after Trump election rout

Trump has recently threatened to renew the war against Iran amid similar rhetoric from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but on Tuesday he suffered a r

The results could constrain Trump's ability to enact his agenda, though the president retains the power to order new strikes.

"Those who still harbour even the slightest hope that the behaviour of the hegemonic system might change through partisan or factional shifts, or who imagine that making concessions to the United States can dissuade it from hostility towards the Iranian nation, are seriously mistaken," Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement Wednesday.

He also warned that if the United States did choose further military action, the scope of the war would widen, without elaborating.

Khamenei has yet to appear in public since he took power in March following the killing of his father and predecessor in US-Israeli strikes, and has communicated through written messages.

Source: Citizen Digital