# Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says that the United States had gained nothing from its attacks during the Islamic Republic’s 12-day war with Israel that saw nuclear sites hit. In a statement published by state media, Khamenei said the US engaged in the war directly, convinced that its refusal to intervene would lead to the complete destruction of Israel. In his first public remarks since a Tuesday ceasefire ended the war, he claimed the Islamic Republic won, and in retaliation dealt a severe slap to the face of America.
Khamenei claims Iran won the war and dealt US ‘severe slap to the face’