Jan. 17 (UPI) -- In a rare Friday address, Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hailed the missile strikes that damaged two U.S. bases in Iraq last week and injured nearly a dozen American service members.
Speaking to a large crowd during Friday prayers in Tehran, Khamenei said the Jan. 8 missile strikes by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps represented a symbolic victory, and called U.S. President Donald Trump a "clown" who would take any opportunity to stab Iranians in the back.