Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is still alive and "trying to exercise his authority," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says.
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According to Iranian media reports, Tehran rejected the US proposal to end the crisis, viewing it as a disguised surrender. In its response to the United States, Iran instead made very harsh demands: lifting sanctions, releasing Iranian funds frozen abroad, compensation for war damages, and recognition of Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz. Rather than the attitude of a defeated country, Tehran's behavior appears to be that of a state…