Iran's supreme leader claims 'victory' in his first comments after U.S. strikes (www.nbcnews.com)

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Iran's government also voted to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, which will stymie efforts to monitor its uranium enrichment.

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, broke his weeklong silence Thursday, claiming in a televised speech that his country had secured a victory over Israel and delivered a "slap in the face" to Washington.

Hours earlier, Iran's government also approved legislation to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, a move that will stymie efforts to assess the damage from U.S. airstrikes and monitor uranium enrichment.

“The Islamic Republic emerged victorious and, in return, delivered a harsh slap to America’s face,” Khamenei said after eight days of silence.

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Trump: "we can't let them have a nuclear program" *gives them the green light to continue with no IAEA oversight*

If only someone were capable of getting through to him enough to show him that things like Stuxnet are how the adults operate.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Allow me to correct you: the previous deal with Iran, that Donald Little Hands ripped up, is how adults operate.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Most definitely, political treaties and agreements should be prioritized while direct intervention should be a last resort. Sadly little impotent Donny fails at all of the above (luckily in the case of him carrying out military attacks).

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

To be fair, Iran was stockpiling 60% enriched uranium which was a pretty clear indication that they were trying to edge as closely to nukes as they could without facing sanctions.

Iran is also not run by adults.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

As they should, if you want to avoid international meddling you get a nuke.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Trump didn't have to present his face to be slapped, but he did so anyway, because he is an idiot.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Oh, okay.

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