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...Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that those who link his regime to Hamas’s attack on Israel were “mistaken” even if his country continues to “back Palestine and its fighting”...
...The public vote on March 1 has added significance because Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the current supreme leader, is 84 years old....
...Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that Muslim nations are “truly outraged” over Israeli action, saying no one will be able to stop Islamist militant groups if they run out of patience....
...Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called on Islamic states to stop demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and, instead, “cut [Israel’s] lifelines” by severing all economic and political ties with the...
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...In Washington and Tokyo, however, the acting assumption is that, in the long run, Xi Jinping is just as determined as Vladimir Putin or Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to overturn the current world order....
...Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the attack last week, which killed several of the country’s senior commanders, was equivalent to an attack on Iranian territory, and that...
...The decision to launch a direct attack on Israel marked a significant political gamble for supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has traditionally pursued a “strategic patience” policy in responding...
...Iran’s direct strike on Israel was a huge gamble by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader....
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...They should block oil exports and all [food] supplies to the Zionist regime,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech on Wednesday....
...In a public speech on Wednesday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the US was the main party directing the war in Gaza....
...Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has twice vowed to make Israel “regret” killing Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the commander of Iran’s Quds force in Syria and Lebanon, and six other military officials on Iranian...
...Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Israel must be “punished” for the attack that killed several senior Iranian commanders....
...Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, on Wednesday called for a national rather than factional approach to elections....
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...The biggest worry in Tehran is how to manage the leadership transition when the 84-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is no longer able to continue as Supreme Leader....
...The elections come at a critical juncture for Iran, where the 84-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has held sway as the political and religious authority since 1989....
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