Iran’s Supreme Leader Breaks Silence After Nuclear-Facility Strikes, Claims Victory over Israel, U.S.

 

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a televised message, after the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, in Tehran, Iran, June 26, 2025.

In his first public comments since the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, Ayatollah Khamenei claimed victory over Israel and the U.S., despite the severe damage inflicted on his country’s three main nuclear facilities and the recent assassination of many of Iran’s top military commanders and nuclear scientists.

In his first public comments since the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, Ayatollah Khamenei claimed victory over Israel and the U.S., despite the severe damage inflicted on his country’s three main nuclear facilities and the recent assassination of many of Iran’s top military commanders and nuclear scientists.