Supreme Leader Khamenei Says Iran No Longer Fears US, Mocks Israel For Seeking American Help During Conflict

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has declared that Iran is no longer scared of the United States, stating that instead, the US is afraid of it.

In a statement posted on his X handle on Wednesday, Khamenei said: “The US attacked Iran, and our retaliatory strike against it was very significant. God willing, once censorship is removed, it will become clear what Iran has truly done.”

He emphasised that Iran entered the conflict from a position of strength, asserting that Israel’s decision to seek help from Washington proved its vulnerability.

“We entered the war with strength. The proof for this is that the Zionist regime was compelled to turn to the US for help. If it had been capable of defending itself, it wouldn’t have turned to the US like that. It turned to the US for help,” it said.

While reiterating Iran’s longstanding position on Israel and the United States, Khamenei said Tehran had not been the aggressor, noting, “Yes, we consider the Zionist regime to be like cancer, and we believe the US regime is a criminal for backing it. However, we weren’t seeking a war. But when the enemy attacked, our response was crushing.”

He added that Iran would continue to approach both military and diplomatic fronts with preparation and resolve.

“Whenever we enter a field, both diplomatic and military fields, we will enter well-equipped and completely prepared, God willing and with His grace,” he said.

Khamenei also hailed the Iranian people’s resilience, suggesting the nation had shifted from fearing the US before the 1979 Islamic Revolution to now inspiring fear in Washington.

“Before Iran’s Islamic Revolution, just mentioning the US’s name frightened people, let alone engaging in an actual confrontation with them. Now the same nation has reached a point where it doesn’t fear the US. Rather, it frightens them and carries out whatever operations it can,” he said.

He described the Iranian response in the latest confrontation as a “great feat” born out of national resolve.

He said, “The Iranian nation accomplished a great feat in the recent war imposed by the Zionists. This feat was a matter of determination. The very fact that a nation is ready to confront the power of the US and the Zionist regime carries immensely significant value.”

His statement comes after the war between Iran and Israel, which also saw the US enter the fray.

In June, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declared an end to the 12-day war between Iran and Israel.

Pezeshkian announced this in a nationally broadcast message via the state-run IRNA news agency, as reported by AFP.

“After the heroic resistance of our great nation, whose determination makes history, we are witnessing the establishment of a truce and the ending of this 12-day war imposed by the adventurism and provocation” of Israel, Pezeshkian said in a statement carried by the official IRNA news agency.

This came a few hours after United States President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran had already agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” after 12 days of conflict, with the agreement set to be phased in over 24 hours.