June 26 (UPI) -- Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Thursday declared an Iranian victory over the United States, claiming Washington's direct intervention to save Israel from annihilation had been a total failure and warning of a "heavy price" for any further U.S. aggression.
"My congratulations on our dear Iran's victory over the U.S. regime. The U.S. regime entered the war directly because it felt that if it didn't, the Zionist regime would be completely destroyed. It entered the war in an effort to save that regime but achieved nothing," he wrote in a post on X.
"The Islamic Republic delivered a heavy slap to the U.S.'s face. It attacked and inflicted damage on the Al-Udeid Air Base [in Qatar], which is one of the key U.S. bases in the region," said Khamenei.
"The fact that the Islamic Republic has access to key U.S. centers in the region and can take action whenever it deems necessary is a significant matter. Such an action can be repeated in the future too. Should any aggression occur, the enemy will definitely pay a heavy price."
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