IRAN/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Iran’s top leader says anyone who fires one missile at his country ‘will be hit by 10’ in response, but dismisses fears of war as ‘propaganda’ by the West. Tensions have soared since the Trump administration withdrew from the landmark 2015 nuclear accord and vowed to restore sanctions unless Iran meets a list of strict demands. In a speech Monday [6-4-18], Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he had ordered atomic authorities to increase the country’s nuclear enrichment capacity. The increase he detailed in his speech would not exceed limits set by the nuclear accord, which European countries have said they hope to salvage. The agreement reached by the Obama administration, along with Britain, France, Germany, China, Russia and Iran, lifted international sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear activities.”
-AP Staff, “The Latest: Iran’s Top Leader Vows Response to Any Attack,” The New York Times online, June 4, 2018