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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Maziar Motamedi

Iran’s Khamenei blasts Israel, West for ‘bloody’ Gaza war in Eid speech

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei clutches a weapon as he addresses thousands in Tehran's Grand Mosalla mosque on Eid al-Fitr, April 10, 2024 [Handout via the office of the supreme leader/Al Jazeera]

Iran’s supreme leader has condemned Israel and the West over “crimes” in Gaza during Ramadan in an Eid al-Fitr speech that also promised retaliation for the attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria.

“When they attack our consulate, it is as if they have attacked our soil,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech on Wednesday to thousands in Tehran, with the crowd repeatedly breaking into chants of support.

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