Iran’s suprem leader Khamenei Makes First Public Comments Since Cease-Fire With Israel USSupreme leader strikes with strong words in a video statement, after not being heard of or seen publicly in many days.
Iran’s suprem leader Khamenei Makes First Public Comments Since Cease-Fire With Israel USSupreme leader strikes with strong words in a video statement, after not being heard of or seen publicly in many days.In his first remarks since the cease-fire agreement, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared big victory over the United States and Israel, and accused President Donald Trump of exaggerating the success of American strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites.Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei congratulated Iran citizens for what he described as big victory over Israel and the United States, in a defiant video message that appeared to be his first public statement since U.S. war planes bombed three of the country’s nuclear facilities on Sunday.Iran over the absence of Mr. Khamenei, who has the final say on correct decisions for the country but has not been seen or heard from publicly in a week. Although he had issued two statements during Iran and Israel’s 12-day conflict, he had made no public statements or recorded messages since the American miliary attack on Sunday, Iran retaliated by firing missiles at a U.S. military base in Qatar, and Iran and Israel agreed to a cease-fire on Tuesday.The lack of any comment from Mr. Khamenei had begun to raise questions among the Iranian citizens over his health and his whereabouts. Iranian officialsThere were no clear signs from the video as to when the recording was made. Mr. Khamenei was seated in front of a beige curtain, with an Iranian flag to his left and a photograph of the Islamic Republic’s first leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei, hanging above him — an identical setting to the last video message he released since the start of the recent conflict with Israel.