{"id":5060,"date":"2025-06-27T05:30:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T05:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poderculture.com\/?p=5060"},"modified":"2025-06-27T05:30:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T05:30:21","slug":"defiant-khamenei-says-iran-will-never-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/defiant-khamenei-says-iran-will-never-surrender\/","title":{"rendered":"Defiant Khamenei says Iran will \u2018never surrender\u2019 to the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Defiant Khamenei says Iran will \u2018never surrender\u2019 to the US<\/strong>: Iranian supreme leader says US strikes on nuclear sites \u2018did nothing significant\u2019 in first comments since a ceasefire was agreed with <\/a>Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Iran wi<\/a>ll \u201cnever surrender\u201d to the United States, striking a defiant tone in his first remarks since a ceasefire with Israel took hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe American president indicated in one of his statements that Iran must surrender. Surrender! It is no longer a question of enrichment, nor of the nuclear industry, but of the surrender of Iran,\u201d said Khamenei in a statement and televised speech carried by state media on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuch an event (surrender) will never happen. It will never happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khamenei\u2019s remarks come two days after a ceasefire halted a 12-day war between Iran and Israel \u2013 the foes\u2019 deadliest and most destructive confrontation \u2013 and mark his first public appearance since June 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The speech also comes amid conflicting accounts in the US over the extent of the damage inflicted by US strikes on key Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan during the conflict. US President Donald Trump said the strikes \u201cobliterated\u201d the nuclear facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Khamenei said Trump had \u201cexaggerated\u201d the impact of the attacks and said the US \u201cgained nothing from this war,\u201d claiming the US strikes \u201cdid nothing significant\u201d to Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defiant Khamenei says Iran:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Islamic republic won, and in retaliation dealt a severe slap to the face of America,\u201d he said, a reference to Iran\u2019s missile launch targeting a US base in Qatar, the largest in the Middle East, which caused no casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Jazeera\u2019s Resul Serdar, reporting from Tehran, said Khamenei also focused on the country\u2019s armed forces, to offer them congratulations and counter the claims around the world and in Iran that the army \u201chas received huge blows from the Israeli attacks\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Iranians who fled Tehran during the war have been gradually returning to the city, \u201cthere is a common anxiety among the Iranian people here as well because they believe this was only the first wave of the war,\u201d said Serdar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany are questioning the efficiency of Iran\u2019s air defence systems\u201d and feel that Iran could be more vulnerable to a potential future attack from the US and Israel, added Serdar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khamenei said that the Iranian army successfully targeted military and non-military positions, and caused extensive damage in Israel and added that \u201cif Israel attacks us again, they will see a further destruction\u201d, added Serdar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khamenei did not threaten the Israelis or Americans with military action in his speech, but did say that the country\u2019s nuclear programme remains largely in place \u2013 contrary to US statements, said Serdar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe said that most of the sites are still in place and that Iran is going to continue its nuclear programme.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Iran and Israel have claimed victory in the 12-day war, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailing on Tuesday a \u201chistoric victory\u201d for Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Iran has said it is willing to return to nuclear negotiations with Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli strikes on Iran killed at least 627 civilians, Tehran\u2019s health ministry said, while official figures indicate Iran\u2019s attacks on Israel killed 28 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A state funeral will be held on Saturday in Tehran for top commanders and nuclear scientists killed in the war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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