Iran will 'never compromise', Supreme Leader says
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Iran "will never compromise with Zionists", in a series of posts on X.
"We will show the Zionists no mercy," a translation of the post reads. In a different post, he says "the battle begins".
The posts, across Khamenei's several different language accounts, are among his first public comments since US President Donald Trump said that the US knew where he was but would not "take him out... at least for now".
Earlier this week, we reported that Trump had vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Khamenei.
BBC Newshour's Tim Franks has been speaking with Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.
"I witnessed horrendous attacks, they are hitting infrastructure, a lot of civilian deaths … It was one of the worst and terrifying experiences that we have had," Mohammadi said.
Mohammadi says she has left Tehran and has called on Israel to stop airstrikes.
"I deeply believe that democracy, human rights, and freedom cannot come through violence and war," she told the BBC through an interpreter.
For her activism, Mohammadi was previously imprisoned in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran, but was later released for medical reasons.
In a recent op-ed for the French outlet Le Monde, Mohammadi called for Iranian authorities to end its nuclear programme. She said "the people of Iran have not benefited from uranium enrichment", referring to rolling blackouts and the absence of promised medical research from the programme.
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