Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday called for a united national front to confront what he described as US efforts to subjugate the Islamic republic.
The remarks, delivered at a mosque in Tehran and published on his official website, come two months after fighting halted between Iran and Israel in a war that briefly drew in the United States, and as Tehran prepares for fresh talks with world powers on its nuclear programme.
Khamenei said that the rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and triggered Iranian retaliation, were intended to destabilise the Islamic republic.
He claimed that a day after “Iran was attacked” by Israel at the start of the war, “American agents” met in Europe “to discuss what government should rule Iran after the Islamic republic”. According to him, Washington’s ultimate goal is to make Iran “obedient”.
Aftermath of the June War
Khamenei argued that Iran emerged stronger from the 12-day confrontation, its most direct and intense clash with Israel and the United States. “The Iranian nation, by standing firm alongside the armed forces, the government and the system, delivered a strong blow to its enemies,” he said.
Warning against internal discord, he added: “The way forward for the enemy is to create discord” in Iran, blaming “agents of America and the Zionist regime” for attempting to divide the country. He stressed that, despite differences of opinion, Iranians remain united in defending the system and standing up to foreign adversaries.
Nuclear Tensions and Diplomacy
Relations between Tehran and Washington have been frozen since the 1979 Islamic revolution and subsequent hostage crisis at the US embassy. The US has since imposed waves of sanctions, most recently over Iran’s nuclear programme.
Western powers accuse Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran strongly denies. The June war disrupted the sixth round of nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington, which had begun weeks earlier but collapsed amid the fighting.
Iran is now scheduled to meet Britain, France and Germany on Tuesday for new negotiations, as the European powers have warned they may reimpose sanctions if no agreement is reached.
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