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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Khamenei says Israel attacks tried to spark uprising and overthrow regime
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says that Israel’s attacks during last month’s 12-day war were intended to weaken the Islamic Republic’s system and spark unrest to topple it.
“The calculation and plan of the aggressors was to weaken the system by targeting certain figures and sensitive centers in Iran,” says Khamenei in a statement published on his website.
He said the move was meant to stir “unrest and bring people into the streets to overthrow the system.”
Khamenei also say that Iran is ready to respond to any renewed military attack, adding Tehran was capable of giving a bigger blow to adversaries than the one delivered during the 12-day Iran-Israel war last month.
Israel says it launched the strikes to strop Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon and to destroy its ballistic missile capabilities.
The Times of Israel Community.