WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden on Friday (Apr 12) said he expected Iran to attack Israel "sooner than later" and warned Tehran not to proceed. Asked by reporters about his message to Iran, Biden said simply: "Don't.
Iran 's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks at the coffins of members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who were killed in the Israel i airstrike on the Iran ian embassy complex in the Syrian capital Damascus, during a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran on Apr 4, 2024. /REUTERS/Handout)WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden on Friday said he expected Iran to attack Israel "sooner than later" and warned Tehran not to proceed.
Biden said he would not divulge secure information, but said his expectation was that an attack could come"sooner than later." He spoke to reporters at the White House after a virtual speech to a civil rights conference.Countries including India, France, Poland and Russia have warned their citizens against travel to the region, already on edge over the war in Gaza, now in its seventh month. Germany on Friday called on its citizens to leave Iran.
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