The Iranian leaders describe the American government exactly the way American analysts describe the Iranian one, as an opaque, factionalized system with competing power centers, over which the president exercises very limited authority.
Ali KhameneiWe seriously suspect the agents of the Americans and Israelis in conducting such horrendous terrorist acts and cannot believe the people who kidnap Philippines nationals, for instance, or behead U.S. nationals are Muslims.
Ali KhameneiThe winner must promote social jusitce, remove corruption and discrmination, and stand against political, cultural and economic plots.
Ali KhameneiThe Syrian civil war is a "crime initiated by the United States and the Zionist regime, Israel."
Ali Khamenei