api.follow.it (2025-07-20). Iran: Khamenei's Speech Of Fear Reveals A Regime On The Brink — OpEd. api.follow.it In his first public address since the regime's defeat in the 12-day war, Iranian regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivered a speech not of strength, but of desperation. | Speaking to the regime's judicial authorities on July 17, Khamenei attempted to project a facade of "sham power" to boost the collapsing morale of his loyalists. However, his words only succeeded in revealing a leader trapped by military failure, consumed by internal division, and haunted by the specter of a popular uprising. The speech was a desperate attempt to encourage his forces to continue their suppression, even as the regime sinks…