Why did Iran’s leader support Jews in speech and bash Israel?

Statements come amid recent ceremony commemorating Jews that fell in battle during Iran-Iraq War

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

(photo credit: AFP PHOTO / HO / KHAMENEI.IR)

BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

NOVEMBER 16, 2019 01:34

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