Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has issued a new statement
Iran’s Supreme Leader has taken aim at Donald Trump and US forces in a fiery new statement.
Mojtaba Khamenei praised his forces for standing up to American and Israeli “arrogance” before threatening to bring about “new defeats”. He also said his opponents have had their “weakness and humiliation” exposed to the world.
Mojtaba has not been seen in public since the US-Israel war with Iran began in February. He was chosen as the new leader after his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the initial strikes.
In the new statement released via an Iranian state news agency, Mojtaba spoke of how his army has “stood up to America’s sinister schemes”.
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He went on: “With its strong divine and popular support and in dense, fortified ranks, it [the army] stands shoulder to shoulder with other mujahideen of the armed forces against the two armies at the forefront of the front of kufr (disbelief) and arrogance, clashing with them hand-to-hand and exposing their weakness and humiliation to the eyes of the world; just as its drones strike like lightning against the American and Zionist criminals, its brave navy is ready to make the enemies taste the bitterness of new defeats.”
The final sentence, boasting about how the Iranian navy is ready to unleash “new defeats”, comes after Iran this morning said it was closing the Strait of Hormuz again. There have since been reports of Iranian gun boats opening fire on tankers attempting to cross the critical waterway.
Mojtaba finished his message by saying: “Greetings and blessings of the Almighty upon all the mujahideen of the Islamic Republic Army of Iran, from its emirs and commanders to its staff and silent, anonymous soldiers; and greetings and blessings of the Almighty upon all its self-sacrificing volunteers and wounded veterans; and His special mercy upon the honorable families of all the martyrs of the imposed war waged by America and the Zionist regime against the great nation of Iran. And peace be upon you, and the mercy and blessings of Allah.”
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