Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since he changed his slain father as Iran’s supreme chief.
Revealed On 20 Mar 2026
Supreme Chief Mojtaba Khamenei has stated Iran’s enemies have been being “defeated” in a written message for the Persian New 12 months, because the US and Israel proceed to pound the nation with assaults.
In an announcement learn on Iranian tv on Friday, Khamenei praised the steadfastness of the Iranian individuals marking Nowruz, which he stated ushered in the yr of a “resistance economic system underneath nationwide unity and nationwide safety”.
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“In the meanwhile, as a result of specific unity that has been created between you, our compatriots – regardless of all of the variations in spiritual, mental, cultural and political origins – the enemy has been defeated,” he stated.
Khamenei has not been seen in public since he turned supreme chief, following the assassination of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, firstly of the warfare on February 28.
Iran’s supreme chief stated that whereas the US and Israel believed that after one or two days of assaults, the Iranian individuals would overthrow the federal government, however this was a “gross miscalculation”.
The warfare was launched underneath “the delusion that if the head of the regime and sure influential army figures have been to achieve martyrdom, it will instil concern and despair in our pricey individuals … and thru this implies, the dream of dominating Iran and subsequently dismembering it will be realised”, he stated.
As an alternative, “a fracture has emerged within the enemy,” he added.
Analysts have noticed that the Iranian structure itself was drafted with the spectre of an influence vacuum in thoughts, a “survival protocol” designed to offer the system the capability to proceed even at a second of most shock.
Khamenei additionally denied that Iran or its allied forces have been liable for assaults towards Turkiye and Oman.
These have been “false flag” incidents utilized by Iran’s enemy to “sow discord amongst neighbours, and it could happen in different nations as properly”, he claimed.
The Turkish Ministry of Nationwide Defence final week stated NATO air defences intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran. Two individuals have been killed in Oman after drones got here down within the Sohar province.
The supreme chief additionally known as on Afghanistan and Pakistan to finish their combating and stated he stood prepared to help.
“We take into account our jap neighbours to be very near us”, the supreme chief stated. “I enchantment to our two brotherly nations, Afghanistan and Pakistan, to determine higher relations with one another … and I personally am able to take the mandatory actions.”
The neighbouring nations agreed to a brief “pause” in hostilities in the course of the Muslim vacation of Eid al-Fitr this week, after weeks of lethal violence.
