US 'imperialism' willing to do anything to deter Tehran's progress, says supreme leader

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei says that US “imperialism” was willing to do anything to deter Iran’s progress.

In a post on X, the supreme leader also said that Israel was a “military base” built by the US, which did not “accept the existence of a strong, independent Iran” on its eastern border.

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