Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran's attack against an U.S. military base was 'a blow to the U.S. image as a superpower.'
, the news was soon sidelined when a Ukrainian passenger airplane crashed in Tehran just hours after the missile attacks, killing all 176 passengers and crew members on board.air defense “unintentionally” fired missiles at the airplane.Posters show the late Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, as worshipers chant slogans during a Friday prayers sermon led by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran on Jan. 17, 2020.
But at Friday Prayers Ayatollah Khamenei said that the plane crash and subsequent protests were being used by Iran’s enemies to distract from the IRGC victory in striking against the U.S. bases in Iraq. Ayatollah Khamenei also criticized the U.K., France and Germany’s attempt to apply pressure on the regime to adhere JCPOA nuclear deal as another means to distract from Tehran’s perceived victory in its strike against the U.S. The three counties jointly announced this week that they “” of the nuclear deal, which amounts to a formal accusation of Iran violating the terms of the agreement.
A handout, photo from Iran's Supreme Leader Office shows, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leading a Friday prayer ceremony in Tehran, Jan. 2020. Khamenei delivered a sermon in which he commented on the nuclear deal and ongoing tensions with the U.S.In response, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani warned during a televised cabinet meeting Wednesday that soldiers from the three European countries “may be in danger.
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