Khamenei’s Rare Sermon Amid Israel Crisis

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to defeat the country’s “enemies” in his rare Friday sermon, backing Palestinians and Lebanese movements against Israel. Addressing a gathering of thousands of supporters at a mosque in central Tehran, Khamenei called the October 7 attacks as the “correct move.

“No international law has the right to object and protest against the Lebanese and Palestinians for standing up for themselves against the occupation,” he said.