James Carafano says Iranian ayatollah’s praise for attack on US troops appears aimed at a domestic audience
Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei lashed out ‘American clowns’ as he led Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time in eight years; reaction and analysis from retired Army Lt. Col. James Carafano, vice president for the Heritage Foundation’s Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy.