Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei greets Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Tehran on May 8, 2022. (Credit: AFP)
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday the weakening of the anti-Israel "resistance" after the ousting of Bashar al-Assad in Syria would not diminish Tehran's power.
Some, "unaware of the meaning of resistance, imagine that when the resistance becomes weak, Islamic Iran will also become weak... Iran is strong and powerful and will become even more powerful," Khamenei said in his first speech after Assad's fall.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday the weakening of the anti-Israel "resistance" after the ousting of Bashar al-Assad in Syria would not diminish Tehran's power.
Some, "unaware of the meaning of resistance, imagine that when the resistance becomes weak, Islamic Iran will also become weak... Iran is strong and powerful and will become even more powerful," Khamenei said in his first speech after Assad's fall.
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