Top Iranian officials respond to Israeli attacks one after another: severe punishment, heavy price

Brigadier General Shekachi, spokesperson for Iran's armed forces, told Iranian state television that Israel and the United States will pay a "heavy price" for the attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities and military targets. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a statement saying: "This morning, the'Zionist regime 'stretched out its dirty and bloody hands and committed crimes against the people of our beloved country, attacking residential areas more frequently than ever before, exposing its evil nature. This regime (Netanyahu's government) will surely be severely punished.... Many commanders and scientists have died in enemy attacks.... Because of this crime, the'Zionist regime' has prepared itself a bitter and painful fate and will surely get it." (Kim Ten)