US attack on Syria to spell 'disaster': Iran's Khamenei

US attack on Syria to spell ‘disaster’: Iran’s Khamenei

The US intervention will be a disaster for the region," Khamenei told a meeting with the cabinet of Iranian President Hassan Rowhani, state television reported.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tehran will not cede to the pressure exerted by the West (AFP PHOTO)

AFP- Any military intervention by the United States inSyria will spell “disaster” for the region, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Wednesday.

“The US intervention will be a disaster for the region,” Khamenei told a meeting with the cabinet of Iranian President Hassan Rowhani, state television reported.

“The region is like a gunpowder depot. (Its) future cannot be predicted” in case of a military strike against Syria, he added.