Iran's Supreme Leader says he will never compromise with Israel | BBC News

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran will never compromise with Zionists in a series of posts on X. A translation of one post reads, "We will show the Zionists no mercy," and another says, "the battle begins." Israel claimed it struck a centrifuge site in Tehran and weapons facilities as part of its overnight barrage, while Iran launched its own attacks on Israel, with sirens sounding twice overnight. Israeli military officials said the strikes, which took place last Friday, were a pre‑emptive attack to damage Iran’s nuclear programme as Iran was reaching "the point of no return," though they have provided no evidence of that. The latest assessments of the international community, including from the US, indicate that Iran had not made a decision to weaponize its nuclear programme, something it had abandoned in 2003. Iran, a member of the Non‑Proliferation Treaty (NPT), says it has the right to a peaceful nuclear programme and has consistently denied it is seeking a nuclear weapon.