Iranian 'Supreme Leader' Ali Khamenei: Iran does not have proxies; If we decide to take action one day, we will not need proxies; I predict that a new group will overthrow the “rioters” in Syria – Syrian youth have nothing left to lose.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a December 22, 2024, address aired on Channel 1 (Iran), stated that there is a “Zionist official” who pretends to be victorious while killing over 40,000 women and children in Gaza, yet failing to achieve his war objectives of destroying Hamas and freeing the hostages held in Gaza.
Khamenei pointed out that despite eliminating someone as “great” as Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah remains “alive,” along with Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. He declared, “You have not won, you have been defeated.”
Khamenei also rejected the notion that Iran uses regional proxy forces, stating that if Iran decides to take action, it will do so directly. He emphasized that there are “honorable and faithful men” in Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine, fighting “on their own behalf” against the “cursed Zionist regime.” He stated: “Inshallah, we will remove this regime from the region.”