Iran's top diplomat issues most direct threat yet to US amid crackdown on protests
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Key Points:
- Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi issued a direct threat to the U.S., warning that Iran will "fire back with everything we have" if attacked again, amid escalating tensions following Tehran's crackdown on protesters.
- The U.S. is deploying military assets to the Middle East, including the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier group moving westward from Asia and the arrival of F-15E fighter jets and HIMARS missile systems in the region.
- An Iranian Kurdish separatist group in Iraq claimed Iran launched a drone and missile attack on one of its bases, killing at least one fighter, marking a possible first foreign operation by Tehran since the protests began.
- The protests in Iran have resulted in at least 4,519 deaths
