Lavrov calls killing of Iran's supreme leader 'unacceptable'
Russia's foreign minister said any such act against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei or Iran's leadership would amount to coercive diktat, according to TASS.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia considers the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, members of his family, or members of Iran's military and political leadership to be unacceptable, according to TASS.
Lavrov described such an act as 'an unacceptable act of coercive diktat.'
The remarks come amid heightened regional tensions involving Iran, though TASS's report did not indicate a specific threat or incident prompting Lavrov's comments.
TASS did not report a response from Iranian officials to Lavrov's statement.
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