TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hailed on Thursday (Jun 26) his nation’s “victory” over Israel, in his first public assertion since a ceasefire ended 12 days of conflict earlier this week.
“I need to congratulate the good Iranian nation … for its victory over the fallacious Zionist regime,” Khamenei stated in a written assertion carried by the official IRNA information company.
Khamenei stated that the US had “gained nothing” from its assaults through the Islamic republic’s 12-day war with Israel that noticed nuclear websites hit.
In an announcement revealed by state media, Khamenei stated the US “engaged within the conflict immediately, satisfied that its refusal to intervene would result in the entire destruction of the Zionist regime”.
“It has gained nothing from this conflict,” Khamenei stated of Washington, including that “the Islamic republic received, and in retaliation dealt a extreme slap to the face of America”.
