Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Praises Strikes On U.S. Bases In Friday's Sermon

NBC: Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praises strikes on U.S. bases in rare address

The supreme leader's decision to speak at Friday prayers shows how seriously authorities take reaction to the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet.

TEHRAN — The recent missile attack on U.S. troops in Iraq dealt a “blow to America’s image,” Iran's supreme leader said Friday as the government grappled with the fallout of the killing of a top general by the United States and scrambled to contain anger at the subsequent accidental downing of a passenger plane.

"They stealthily and cowardly assassinated Gen. [Qassem] Soleimani," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the huge crowd, according to a translation by state-owned Press TV.

Khamenei also slammed Britain, France and Germany for triggering an official dispute clause Tuesday in the landmark 2015 nuclear deal.

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