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- Iran's supreme leader called Trump a "clown" and said the US president is preparing to stab Iranians in the back with a "poisonous dagger."
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led public prayers in Tehran on Friday for the first time in eight years.
- He used his speech to attack the US over the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
- Khamenei was notably quiet on the Ukrainian Flight 752 disaster, however, only briefly mentioning it as a "bitter accident."
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, speaking in a rare public appearance, called US President Donald Trump a "clown," and said he only pretends to care about the Iranian people while preparing to stab them in the back with a "poisonous dagger."
Khamenei, who led Friday's public prayer for the first time in eight years, used the platform to push back against the US over the killing of top military commander Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike outside Baghdad's international airport earlier this month.See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: A law professor weighs in on how Trump could beat impeachment See Also: |