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Iranian Supreme Leader Calls Tehran’s Missile Strike on Israel Legitimate

© AP PhotoIn this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 5, 2020.
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 5, 2020. - Sputnik International, 1920, 04.10.2024
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TEHRAN (Sputnik) - The Palestinian people have the right to defend their land, and providing them with assistance is lawful, as are the actions of the Iranian armed forces during the recent missile attack on Israel, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in a rare sermon on Friday.
He also praised "the brilliant work" of Iranian army.

"Palestinians are defending their land, and their defense is legitimate, as is the aid provided to them. Therefore, all these attacks, 'Al-Aqsa Flood' ... are justified, logical, and lawful actions on the international stage ... This also applies to the Lebanese defense of the Palestinian people ... The brilliant work of our armed forces two or three nights ago was also entirely legitimate and permissible," Khamenei said in the sermon before Friday prayers.

A US flag is seen through a hole torn in an Israel national flag, as they wave in the wind at a horse ranch, near the southern Israeli town of Sderot, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 - Sputnik International, 1920, 03.10.2024
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Khamenei led Friday prayers for the first time since the death of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's elite Quds Force, who was killed by a US drone strike in Baghdad on January 3, 2020.
Iran fired a massive barrage of missiles at Israel on Tuesday in response to the killings of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, and senior IRGC commander Abbas Nilforoushan. The Israeli military said about 180 ballistic missiles were fired, most of which were intercepted.
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