Khamenei says Assad's fall will not weaken Iran
- Middle East
- AFP
- Published Date: 12:28 | 11 December 2024
- Modified Date: 12:30 | 11 December 2024
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday the weakening of the anti-Israel "resistance" after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in Syria would not diminish Tehran's power.
Some, "unaware of the meaning of resistance, imagine that when the resistance becomes weak, Islamic Iran will also become weak... Iran is strong and powerful and will become even more powerful," Khamenei said in his first speech after Assad's fall.
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