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Iran’s Powerful Retaliation Against US Terrorism*

  


The current wave of terrorism against Iran launched by that murderous criminal in Washington is not something new, and is part of the crimes US regimes have carried out in the Islamic Republic over the past 47 years.

On the anniversary of the martyrdom of Iran’s Chief Justice and its First Judiciary Chief, Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti, along with 72 senior revolutionaries, including cabinet ministers and members of parliament by the US-backed MKO terrorists in 1981, we are proud to say that the blood of the martyrs continues to provide new strength to the Islamic Republic.

Each time the dimwitted terrorists target Iranian leaders, including the February 28 martyrdom of the Beloved Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei (RA), the nation, instead of collapsing, has solidified its ranks to retaliate with iron resolve against the cowardly enemies.

The gallows-deserving Donald Trump – a habitual liar, a scoundrel, and violator of his own commitments and signatures – again backtracked by breaching the provisions of the memorandum of understanding recently concluded in Islamabad.

He first ordered the illegal Zionist entity to bomb and kill the people of Lebanon, and then used the CENTCOM terrorists to attack Iran form their bases in certain Arab states.

To his horror, Iranian defenders, in line with Article 51 of the UN Charter that permits the Islamic Republic of Iran to defend its sovereignty, security, and national interests with all its might, retaliated powerfully in self-defense.

The result has been extensive devastation of at least eight key US military installations in the region, including the Ali as-Salem Airbase in Kuwait and the US Fifth Fleet headquarters at Salman Port in Bahrain.

Tehran, which has the exclusive right to control traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, has warned the US of more powerful retaliation and possible end to the indirect talks if Washington continues its state terrorism.

Donald Trump who deserves nothing short of capital punishment is day- dreaming by threatening to wipe out the Islamic Republic from the world map.

This dastardly terrorist should know that Iran is determined to bring to justice the US criminals. This was made clear by the latest statement of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, who on the occasion of Judiciary Week, has emphasized restoration of the nation’s violated by the US-Israeli wars of aggression since last year. 

*Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Kayhan on 29 June 2026. The terminology, framing, and opinions expressed herein are those of the original author and do not necessarily align with the editorial line of The Levant Files.

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