Khamenei defends Iranian armed forces

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defended his country's armed forces after they admitted shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane by mistake. He said the Revolutionary Guards could take the fight beyond Iran's borders.

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(Photo: A hand out picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 17 January 2020 shows him delivering a sermon to the crowd during Friday prayers in the capital Tehran. - The last time Khamenei led Friday prayers at Tehran's Mosalla mosque was in February 2012, on the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution and at a time of crisis over the Iran nuclear issue. Credit: HO / KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)