Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran's retaliation against US only 'a slap'
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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said Iran’s early morning retaliation against US assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani was just “a slap”.
“A slap was delivered last night, but what is important is that the seditious presence of America in the region should be ended,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in remarks broad live on national television Wednesday.
The remarks came hours after Iran's responded to US assassination of the Middle East's most prominent anti-terror commander and his Iraqi trenchmate Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis with a barrage of missiles that hit two US bases in Iraq.
Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran is quite equipped in the face of global bullying powers. "It is a very blatant mistake that some people think if they take a step back, the Americans will stop their hostility."
"Some people say and even write in newspapers that we should act so that America does not get angry; this is absolutely wrong. This is contrary to the Qur'an commandment," the Leader added.
Ayatollah Khamenei said the overriding responsibility of the masses is to discern their enemies, and "I am firmly saying that the enemy is America, the Zionist regime and the arrogant apparatus of corporations and institutions."
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