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US will no longer have safe haven in the region, Iran's supreme leader says

He said the United States is losing influence as negotiations continue and Iranian forces claim they shot down a drone and fired on aircraft.

  • On Tuesday, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei declared that regional countries would no longer shield US military bases, stating in an Eid al-Adha message that 'the nations and lands of the region will no longer serve as shields for American bases.'
  • Khamenei's remarks followed US military strikes Monday in southern Iran targeting missile launch sites and mine-laying boats, which Capt. Tim Hawkins, US Central Command spokesman, said were conducted 'to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces' during the ongoing ceasefire.
  • US Central Command maintains permanent military installations across six Middle Eastern countries—Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan—while Khamenei claimed The United States is 'moving further and further away from its former status with each passing day.'
  • Khamenei praised Hezbollah in Lebanon, claiming the group achieved 'remarkable victories against the two fully armed terrorist American-Zionist militaries' and called on all Islamic countries to unite in rejecting American and Israeli presence during this year's Hajj observance.
  • Timed to the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Khamenei's message seeks to mobilize Islamic unity around anti-American slogans already displayed by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, positioning Islam's holiest observance as a platform for geopolitical messaging.
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Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, stated that the U.S. military bases in the Middle East will no longer be safe after the war and proclaimed an Iranian victory and a new regional order, as talks continue to end the conflict. “It cannot be reversed; the nations and territories of the region will no longer be a shield for U.S. bases,” said Khamenei in a statement written on the occasion of the Hajj’s Islamic pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, whic…

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Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said on Tuesday that the Gulf countries will no longer be a "shield" for U.S. military bases in the region, one day after the U.S. Armed Forces launched an attack on vessels and bases to launch Iranian missiles in the south of the country. The Aiatola message, transmitted in a statement on state television that did not show the leader of the Islamic revolution, occurs at a time of renewed tensions between…

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