Ayahtollah Khamenei Rebuffs U.S. in Rare Friday Sermon
Iran's supreme leader was very aggressive in a rare public sermon on Friday, calling the United States an "arrogant power" and thousands of shouting worshipers that God's backing had allowed his country to "slap the face" of the United States.
While delivering his first sermon in Tehran in eight years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the mass funerals for Iran’s top general killed in a U.S. airstrike earlier this month reveal that the Iranian people support the Islamic Republic. Khamenei said the strike dealt a “blow to America’s image” as a superpower
He said the “cowardly” killing of General Soleimani took out the most effective commander in the battle against ISIS.
In response, Iran launched a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting U.S. troops in Iran, in which no U.S. troops were killed but lately confirmed that Eleven U.S. military personnel required medical treatment outside Iraq, defense officials said, reversing earlier declaration from President Trump and the Pentagon that there had been no American casualties
He said the “real punishment” would be in forcing the U.S. to withdraw from the Middle East.
Tens of Thousands people attended the Friday prayers, occasionally interrupting his speech by chanting “God is greatest!” and “death to America!”
He also cautioned against any U.S. strikes on Iran over its nuclear program, saying the U.S. would be damaged “
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