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Mojtaba Khamenei said to issue written statement to mark Persian New Year, denying attacks on Turkey and Oman
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei purportedly releases a written message on marking the start of the Persian New Year, which he names the year of a “resistance economy under national unity and national security.”
In the statement, released on his Telegram channel, Khamenei says that attacks against Turkey and Oman were not carried out by Iran or its allied forces.
Khamenei has yet to publicly show his face since he was reportedly injured in the Israeli strike that killed his father and other family members on February 28.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei:
The attacks that took place in Türkiye and Oman—both of which have good relations with us—against certain locations in those countries were in no way carried out by the armed forces of the Islamic Republic or other forces of the Resistance… pic.twitter.com/02QWpC4q7U
— The Daily News (@DailyNewsJustIn) March 20, 2026
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