Tehran, Aug. 24 -- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday issued a strong warning to the United States, saying that the US wants Tehran to be "obedient," but the Iranian people will stand with "all its strength" against those who harbour such a "false expectation."

Speaking on the anniversary of the martyrdom of the eighth Shia Imam, Imam Reza (PBUH), Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran is "deeply offended."

"The US wants Iran to be obedient to it. The Iranian nation is deeply offended by such a great insult and will stand with all its strength against those who harbour such a false expectation of the Iranian people," he said.

Khamenei emphasised that the US's hostility toward Iran is not a recent phenomenon, as various Americ...