Tehran, Jan 1 (AFP/APP): Iran’s supreme leader Wednesday strongly condemned deadly US strikes on Iraq and warned his country was ready to confront threats after US President Donald Trump issued one against the Islamic republic. “I and the government and the nation of Iran strongly condemn this American crime,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech broadcast on state television. They were his first remarks since Sunday’s deadly US strikes on the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary network in western Iraq. The United States carried out the raids in retaliation for rocket fire that killed an American civilian contractor at a base … Continue reading Khamenei condemns US, warns Iran will confront threats