Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed against Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei Sunday, saying that a fiery speech delivered by the ayatollah, in which he vowed to continue fighting the US and Israel, proved that Tehran had no interest in curbing its support for terrorism.
The remark, made at Netanyahu’s weekly cabinet meeting, was his first response since Khamenei delivered the speech Saturday, coming in the wake of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers last week that inspired talk of a more moderate Iran opening up to the West.
But the prime minister said the speech by Khamenei showed that Tehran had no interest in toning down its anti-West positions.
“If anyone thought that Iran’s wonderful concessions would bring about a change in its policy, they got a crushing response this weekend in the bellicose and defiant speech of Iranian leader Khamenei,” Netanyahu said. (READ MORE)
