The country’s defence minister said the IDF will not withdraw from southern Lebanon and will not allow the ‘return of the population’

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Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has issued a written message calling for unity in the country as he accused the US and Israel attempting to sow division among Iranians.

In a statement carried by state media, he said the US and Israel have “suffered defeat” and faced a “decisive blow”, but he warned Iranians the enemy was “sowing the seeds of doubt, despair, fear, suspicion and disagreement” among the population.