Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned opposition groups they will be "confronted" if they put the nation's security at risk. In an address during Friday prayers in Tehran, the Iranian leader said: "Those who draw swords against the regime will be confronted.
"Differences of views should not lead to conflicts ... the policy of the regime is to work with the majority. But if opposition groups have ideas that are against the nation's security and the principles of the regime, they will be confronted," Khamenei noted.
He also said Iran was not afraid of Western powers, especially the United States and Britain. "The US government and the British government have two hundred years of wicked attitude towards Iran. So be it. This will not intimidate anyone," he stated.
