Hyderabad, June 17 -- Israeli defence minister Israel Katz issued a warning on Tuesday, June 17, that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, faces a fate similar to that of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Katz was reported as saying, "Remember what happened to the dictator in the neighbouring country of Iran who took this path against Israel."

Saddam Hussein was ousted in the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, which received popular support based on rumours of Iraq stockpiling nuclear arms in secrecy.

Although there were no such nuclear weapons found, Hussein faced accusations of committing crimes against humanity, willful killing, illegal imprisonment, deportation, and torture, and was given the death penalty by the Iraqi Hig...