Overview

• Khamenei denounced the United States as an accomplice to Israeli crimes and branded Israel a “cancerous tumour” and a “dog on a leash.”
• He deemed fighting US and Israeli forces “praiseworthy” and asserted that Iran could deliver a “bigger blow” if attacked again.
• The supreme leader alleged that Israel’s June airstrikes aimed to weaken Iran’s leadership and incite unrest to topple the regime.
• A US-brokered ceasefire from June 24 remains in effect, but Iran’s parliament says negotiations will not resume without unspecified preconditions.
• Western powers and the IAEA are pressing to restore nuclear talks or trigger JCPOA snapback sanctions by late summer.