Flash News

Bota

Iran's Supreme Leader reacts for the first time after the conflict with Israel

Iran's Supreme Leader reacts for the first time after the conflict with

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has reacted for the first time to the conflict between Iran and Israel.

Khamenei declared victory over Israel and said his country had "slapped America in the face."

Khamenei spoke in a video broadcast on Iranian state television, his first appearance since June 19. He told viewers that the US had intervened in the war only because it thought that if it did not intervene, the Zionist regime would be completely destroyed.

"The Islamic Republic was victorious and, in retaliation, slapped America in the face," he said.

Latest news