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Killing of Soleimani disgrace for US: Khamenei

Killing of Soleimani disgrace for US: Khamenei

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ While leading the Friday prayers for the first time since 2012, Iran”s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that the January 3 killing of Major General Qasem Soleimani in an American drone attack, was a “disgrace for the US”.

“They stealthily and cowardly assassinated Gen. Soleimani in a terrorist fashion. This resulted in a disgrace for America,” Khamenei said as he led the prayers in Tehran”s Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque, where huge crowds of worshipers had already gathered from early Friday morning.

Regarding the January 8 Iranian missile attack on two military bases in Iraq that houses US troops which was in retaliation of Soleimani”s death, Khamenei said that Tehran”s response “dealt a blow to the American prestige”.  The attack was a “military blow, but more important it was a blow to the American grandeur”, he added.

Khamenei also lashed out at British, German and French leaders who admitted this week to have launched a process that could lead to European sanctions being reimposed on Iran. “You are too small to bring the Iranian nation to its knees,” he said. Meanwhile, massive anti-US protest rallies were expected to be held after the prayers.

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