The supreme leader of Iran has agreed to the ceasefire with Israel on his first public address, on his first public address, with attacks on his nuclear facilities.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that the strike did not complete “anything important” to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program, and a vengeance against an American airport in Qatar was described as a “heavy blow”.

This came when Washington doubled his assessment that the attacks severely reduced Iran’s atomic ambitions.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the intelligence gathered by the US and Israel indicated the operation “Set up the nuclear program, set it back for years”.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that the strike against three major nuclear sites inside Iran “completely” uprooted them “, and anonymous American officials have fiercely responded to reports citing reports. Damage suggestion may be less widespread From the anticipation.

Talking with Senior General Dan Can at a Pentagon press conference on Thursday morning, Hegseth said that the mission was a “historical success”, which presented it. [Iranian] Promotional features passive “.

During the militant exchange with reporters several times, Hegseth also said that the US “did not know any intelligence”, indicating that the rich uranium had gone out of the Fordo – the deep burial facility that the US had targeted with powerful so -called boys bombs – before the strike.

Since direct conflict with Israel, the Khameni, which was out of public perspectives since the direct conflict on 13 June, released a television address on Thursday morning ending a week’s public silence.

The highest leader is allegedly taking shelter in a bunker and limited communication, which has speculated about his hideout. Iranian officials did not disclose where he was speaking on Thursday, although a senior official admitted that he was in a safe place earlier this week.

Khameni used Thursday’s video address to threaten to carry out more attacks on American bases in the Middle East if Iran was again attacked, and announced a victory over both Israel and America.

Khamenei said that Trump had “exaggerated” the impact of the atomic site attacks, saying: “They could not fulfill anything and achieve their purpose.”

Referring to the attack on the US airport in Qatar, Khamenei said: “This incident is also repetitive in the future, and any attack should be done, the cost for the enemy and aggressive will undoubtedly be very high.”

No one was killed during the attack, which Trump said that it was flagged before launching it. The US says the base was not damaged.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that “if not stopped, Iran could produce nuclear weapons in a very short time” followed by a direct conflict between Iran and Israel.

Global Nuclear Watchdog Board of Governors a day ago Declared Iran was in violation of its non -proliferation obligations For the first time in 20 years.

Iran has said that its nuclear program is for civil purposes alone and had never demanded to develop nuclear weapons.

On Thursday, Iran approved a parliamentary bill to end the country’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which means that it is no longer committed to allow nuclear inspectors in its sites.

Iran’s Health Ministry said 610 people were killed during a 12 -day air strike, while Israeli officials said 28 were killed.

The US directly joined the previous weekend before Trump demanded a ceasefire to mediate a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, striking facilities in Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.

Iranian attacks before a outbreak from Trump and the ceasefire with Israel first appeared unstable

United Nations Nuclear Watchdog chief Rafael Gossi said on Wednesday that There was an opportunity that Tehran had transferred his highly rich uranium. As it came under the attack.