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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared in public on Friday for the first time since Irans missile attack on Israel, describing it as legitimate punishment for what he called Israeli crimes and calling for more anti-Israel struggle..
Delivering his first Friday prayers sermon in nearly five years, Khamenei said Israels adversaries in the region should double your efforts and capabilities... and resist the aggressive enemy...
The deputy commander of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said meanwhile that Iran would strike Israeli energy and gas installations if Israel attacked it...
Speaking alternately in Arabic and Persian, Khamenei eulogised Nasrallah, Irans top paramilitary ally in the region, and said the focus of the US and its allies was to preserve the security of Israel as a cover for seizing the regions resources..
