The attack against US
military and coalition forces in Iraq was successful, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali
Khamenei said on Wednesday in a televised speech broadcast on Iranian state TV.
The
missile attacks were “a slap on the face” of the US, Khamenei said, adding that
US troops should leave the region.
“Military
action like this is not sufficient. What is important is ending the corrupting
presence of America in the region,” Khamenei said ruling out any resumption of
talks with Washington about a 2015 nuclear deal.
Khamenei
also said the United States was trying to remove Lebanon’s Iranian-aligned
movement Hezbollah in its bid to help Israel.
