Iran has warned it will take revenge on Donald Trump as the country’s media warns the US President will “pay the price” after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s assassination on Saturday. Iran’s President, Masoud Pezeshkian, said the killing of Khamenei signalled “an open war against Muslims, especially Shiites, in all corners of the world”.

He was quoted as saying: “The Islamic Republic of Iran considers bloodshed and revenge against the perpetrators and commanders of this crime as its legitimate duty and right, and will fulfill this great responsibility and duty with all its might.”

Iranian state TV and the state-run IRNA news agency confirmed Khamenei ‘s death early on Sunday. US President Donald Trump said it gave Iranians their “greatest chance” to “take back” their country.

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