Iran Threatens Retaliation if US Extends Sanctions

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, threatened Wednesday to retaliate against the United States if it renewed economic sanctions against his country for another 10 years. Khamenei did not specify what he would do, but he said in a televised speech that the U.S. "should be aware that the Islamic Republic of Iran will not stand by idly." The warning came days after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to renew the Iran Sanctions Act for 10 years. The act is...

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