New Delhi, June 23 -- Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shared a cryptic post on Monday in his first reaction after the United States attacked an Iranian nuclear site.

Khamenei took to X to share an image showing a scary skull and missiles raining down on a city. Launching a scathing attack on the "Zionist enemy", Israel, he said, "The punishment continues."

"The punishment continues. The Zionist enemy has made a big mistake, committed a big crime; it must be punished and it is being punished; it is being punished right now," Khamenei wrote on X.

Khamenei's reaction came as Tehran threatened to retaliate for US strikes on its nuclear program by hitting US bases across the region.

The US military struck three sites in Iran...