Iran's enemies will receive crushing response - Khamenei

The threat comes a week after Israel attacked Iran, raising fears that retaliation will escalate to war.

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the comments while speaking to students on Saturday ahead of the 45th anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran.

The threat comes as Iran assesses whether and how to respond to Israel's attack last month, that Iran said killed four soldiers, which was in retaliation for an Iranian missile attack against Israel earlier in October.

The Iranian attack came in response to the killings of the leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas - Iranian-backed armed groups fighting Israel - and a senior Iranian commander.

Khamenei said Iran's enemies, including Israel and the US, "will definitely receive a crushing response to what they are doing to Iran, the Iranian people, and the resistance front".

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