In a statement read out on television, Mojtaba Khamenei said Tehran will \u2018demand compensation\u2019 for damages due to the war.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 9 Apr 2026<\/span>9 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has claimed a \u201cfinal victory\u201d in the war with Israel and the United States, as a fragile ceasefire continues to be threatened by Israel\u2019s continuing offensive on Lebanon.<\/p>\n Marking 40 days since his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a US-Israeli attack on the first day of the war, Khamenei said in a statement on Thursday that, over the course of the war, Iran had \u201castonished the world\u201d.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Khamenei, 58, who has not been seen or heard from since the war began, said in a statement read out on television that Tehran was not seeking war but was fighting for its legitimate rights.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will certainly not leave the criminal aggressors who attacked our country unpunished,\u201d he said, adding that Iran will \u201cdemand compensation for all damages, as well as the blood of the martyrs and the wounded\u201d.<\/p>\n Regarding the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively blockaded since the war broke out on February 28 and has become a key sticking point in US-Iran proposals to end the war, Khamenei said that his country will move towards a \u201cnew phase\u201d without elaborating.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in a deal mediated by Pakistan to allow for negotiations to take place, after attacks on Gulf nations and the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz had caused fears of a longer conflict whose impact would be felt long after it ended.<\/p>\n As part of the ceasefire, Iran agreed to allow shipping to pass through the important waterway, with reports that Tehran would impose a toll on ships transiting the strait to fund the country\u2019s reconstruction efforts.<\/p>\n Yet, Khamenei warned that Iran was ready to respond if attacks were to end the pause in hostilities.<\/p>\n \u201cOur hands are on the trigger,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n However, a devastating wave of Israeli air strikes across Lebanon on Wednesday killed more than 300 people, threatening the US-Iran truce amid disagreement on whether Beirut was part of the agreement.<\/p>\n While Iran and Pakistan state that Lebanon was part of the deal, the US and Israel have said that it was not. World leaders have also called for Lebanon to be part of the agreement, urging for peace in the region.<\/p>\n Still, Khamenei said that while they did not start the war, they will not \u201crenounce our legitimate rights under any circumstances, and in this respect, we consider the entire resistance front as a whole,\u201d an apparent reference to Lebanon.<\/p>\n On Saturday, delegations from Iran and the US are expected in Pakistan to hold talks on ending the war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In a statement read out on television, Mojtaba Khamenei said Tehran will \u2018demand compensation\u2019 for damages due to the war. 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