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Iran Supreme Leader names new year 'resistance economy', denies role in attacks on Turkey, Oman

AL-Monitor
Mar 20, 2026
FILE PHOTO: Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2016. Rouhollah Vahdati/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2016. Rouhollah Vahdati/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo — Rouhollah Vahdati

March 20 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei released a message on Friday marking the start of Persian New Year which he named the year of a "resistance economy under national unity and national security."

In the statement, released on his Telegram channel, Khamenei said that attacks against Turkey and Oman were not carried out by Iran or its allied forces.

(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi; Writing by Enas Alashray; Editing by William Maclean)