Iran's Supreme Leader says US strikes ‘exaggerated' in first address since ceasefire
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has insisted the US missile strikes failed to "accomplish anything significant" to disrupt the country's nuclear facilities, in his first public address since the US-led ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
In a televised address, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Donald Trump had "exaggerated" the impact of the strikes and described the retaliation against an American air base in Qatar as dealing a 'heavy blow."
The supreme leader also threatened to carry out more strikes on US bases in the Middle East if Iran was attacked again and declared victory over both Israel and the US.
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