Amid the announcement of a US-Iran nuclear deal, a segment of a speech delivered by the late supreme leader Ali Khamenei in February — 11 days before he was killed in a US-Israeli attack — is being recirculated on Iranian social media. In the speech, Khamenei said: 'Imam Hussein said that someone like me will not pledge allegiance to someone like Yazid. We will not pledge allegiance to corrupt leaders like those who currently rule the US,' according to reports on Hebrew-language Telegram channels.
The recirculation of Khamenei's defiant February speech appears designed to counter perceptions that Iran has capitulated under the deal framework currently being finalized. The clip's revival on Iranian social media, reported via Hebrew-language Telegram channels, echoes themes the late supreme leader stressed about sovereignty and resistance — framing the negotiations with the US as an uncompromising stance. Khamenei was killed in a combined US-Israeli operation in late February, 11 days after delivering the speech. The context comes amid a series of conflicting signals: as The Zioneer reported earlier Monday, Iranian President Pezeshkian stated Iran 'will not bow to American arrogance.' Conversely, President Trump has said he was told Mojtaba Khamenei — the late leader's son, seen as his successor — agreed to the US deal, and Trump retweeted the Iranian foreign minister's positive framing of the negotiations. The clip's content — likening US leaders to the historical figure Yazid, reviled in Shia tradition — signals hardline opposition to the deal within Iran's domestic audience, even as the political leadership appears to move toward an agreement.
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