Iran’s supreme leader defended his country’s attack on Israel and vowed to continue the fight in the Middle East. He defined the Iranian attack as a “minor punishment.”
The supreme leader of Iranthe ayatollah Ali Khamenei, defended this friday in an unusual sermon he missile attack by his country against Israel and promised that its allies in the Middle East will continue fightingdays before the first anniversary of the war in Loop. He maintained that this attack on Tuesday was the “least punishment”.
The Ayatollah’s speech to Lebanon and Palestine
Part of this speech, delivered in Arabic, not Farsi which is the most spoken language in Iran, is the ayatollah’s first since the Islamic Republic launched the second attack in its history against Israel. It is also the first since cross-border violence between Hezbollah and the Israeli army would end up in a war in Lebanon.
The choice of the Arabic language for his sermon has an alliance background: it aims to appeal to Lebanese and Palestinian audiencesKhamenei said. “The Palestinian people have the right – in the face of the enemy that has taken over his land, his home, his farms and has affected his life – to defend himself,” he said in a important point in his speech.
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This speech is about a regionalization strategyboth to talk to your allies, as well as their regional enemies (not only Israel). Israel established diplomatic relations with Iran’s rival monarchies, such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. “Israel will never defeat Hamas and Hezbollah”he sentenced.
Khamenei legitimized Iran and Hamas
“The brilliant action of our armed forces a couple of nights ago was completely legal and legitimate”Khamenei said of Iran’s Tuesday attack on Israel.
He dedicated much of his speech to Hezbollah and Hassan Nasrallah, whom Israel killed in an attack in Beirut last Friday. When talking about Hamas, he also praised its October 7 attack against Israel.
He held the Hamas’ action was “a logical and legitimate international act, and the Palestinians were right,” said the Iranian leader, whose country does not recognize the State of Israel, on the occasion of Friday prayers. “This malevolent regime (…) does not have much time left,” he said.
No turning back
“The resistance in the region will not retreat from these martyrdoms and will win,” he added, referring to the assassination of Nasrallah. and of Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamasin an attack attributed to Israel on July 31 in Tehran.
Israel “cannot seriously harm” Hezbollah and Hamas, he said, stressing that the Hezbollah’s fight is a “vital service for the entire region.”
Almost a year after the deadly attack by the Palestinian movement Hamas in southern Israel on October 7, which led to the conflict in Gaza, the Jewish State announced that the “center of gravity” has shifted to the north, in the Lebanese border.
As supreme leader, all political and military decisions rest with Khamenei. For this reason, This speech is as unusual as it is significant.: that he speaks translates into that Iran is not going to back down against the Israeli State.
Source: Ambito
