Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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Amid protests, Khamenei digs in, vows Iran won’t ‘back down’ to ‘vandals and saboteurs’
ByMelody Armstrong January 9, 2026

Islamic Republic’s supreme leader says Trump, who’s threatened to hit Iran if demonstrators are killed, has hands ‘stained with the blood of Iranians’ and will be ‘overthrown’ Iran’s supreme leader signaled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters after they screamed from windows and marched through the streets overnight, directly challenging US President…

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Iran’s supreme leader rejects ‘arrogant’ US nuclear deal proposal
ByMelody Armstrong June 5, 2025

Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday blasted the US as “arrogant” as he effectively rejected a revised nuclear deal that would allow Tehran to continue low-level uranium enrichment. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei argued that abandoning uranium enrichment was “100%” against the country’s interests and “can do spirit” — as he ripped a central US demand amid talks…

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U.S. and Allies Close to Reviving Nuclear Deal With Iran, Officials Say
ByMichael Armstrong January 31, 2022February 1, 2022

WASHINGTON — The United States and its European allies appear on the cusp of restoring the deal that limited Iran’s nuclear program, Biden administration officials said on Monday, but cautioned that it is now up to the new government in Tehran to decide whether, after months of negotiations, it is willing to dismantle much of…

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Congressional Republicans vow to block US sanctions relief for Iran
ByMichael Armstrong November 30, 2021December 1, 2021

Letter signed by 25 Republican representatives on Monday accuses Biden administration of withholding information on Iran A group of 25 Republican members of Congress wrote a letter to US President Joe Biden this week pledging to block any sanctions relief for Iran, as negotiators meet in Vienna to try to reach an agreement on the…

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Israeli PM Naftali Bennett warns US to ‘wake up’ before rejoining Iran nuclear deal
ByMichael Armstrong June 21, 2021

Bennett said Ebrahim Raisi, a protege of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would establish a “regime of brutal hangmen” Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned the U.S. and other nations seeking to rekindle the nuclear agreement with Iran to “wake up” following the election of a hardline judge as the country’s president. Speaking at a televised cabinet meeting in…

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Iran knows ‘how to drive a truck through American weakness,’ Mike Pompeo tells Arab News
ByMichael Armstrong March 25, 2021

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke, in an exclusive interview with Arab News, about the sustained threat the Iranian regime poses. (AN Photo/Screenshot) Former secretary of state says protecting US soldiers in Middle East requires strong response to Iran’s actions Says to deny Saudis “capacity to defend themselves is just crazy” and blames…

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Israel Is Right to Doubt Negotiations Will Work With Iran
ByMichael Armstrong February 3, 2021

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gestures during a meeting with organizers of events to mark the first anniversary of the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 16, 2020. Photo: Official Khamenei Website / Handout via Reuters. JNS.org – In August 2002, the Iranian opposition, known as the National Council of Resistance of…

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‘Completely untrustworthy’ – Iran leader bans import of US and UK-made COVID-19 vaccines
ByMichael Armstrong January 8, 2021January 8, 2021

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei —Reuters Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday banned the import of US and British-produced coronavirus vaccines, saying they were “completely untrustworthy.” “It’s not unlikely they would want to contaminate other nations. Given our experience with France’s HIV-tainted blood supplies, French vaccines aren’t trustworthy either,” he said in a…

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Iran reveals new missile base on the Persian Gulf
ByMichael Armstrong January 8, 2021January 8, 2021

Iranian military forces have shown off their Naval Missile Facility on the coast of the Persian Gulf and boasted of their extended defensive capabilities. The new facility was built on the Persian Gulf, a hotly contested maritime region that plays a key role in global oil exports Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) published photos of a…

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Experts say Iran likely to delay retaliation against Israel for assassinated nuclear scientist
ByMichael Armstrong December 11, 2020

Independent Iran researcher Amir Toumaj said there is both a “general call for immediate retaliation and others pushing for a delayed response, arguing Tehran shouldn’t fall into a trap ahead of talks with the Biden administration.” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Feb. 6, 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. (December 11, 2020 / JNS) In the aftermath of the assassination…

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