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Iran’s Khamenei Makes First Public Comments Since Cease-Fire With Israel
Supreme leader strikes defiant tone in a video statement, after not being heard of or seen publicly in days.
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When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation
After spending nearly two weeks in a secret bunker somewhere in Iran during his country's war with Israel, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, might want to use the opportunity of the ceasefire to venture out.
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