God punishing America's rulers through LA fires, Khamenei's representative says

A representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says the devastating fires in Los Angeles, California, are God's punishment for American rulers.

"We express our sorrow for the people (of Los Angeles) but this sorrow is for the people, and the US rulers should know that God is punishing them, and this might be a prelude to the destruction of their palace of oppression and corruption," said Khamenei's representative in Qazvin Abdolkarim Abedini.