Iran’s Top Leader Issues Statement Saying Regime Will Keep Backing Anti-Israel Forces
By Jack Phillips
Published on April 1, 2026.
Iran's top leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has issued a statement on April 1 stating that the Iranian regime will continue supporting anti-Israel forces in the Middle East, despite the Trump administration indicating that the war could end within weeks. The statement was read on state television by a state television anchor and published by Iranian state-run news outlets.
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