Ayatollah Khameini delivered a speech in Tabriz stating that Iran “will never back down from its positions and it could by no means be intimidated by threats and oppositions.” President Ahmadinejad said that if the Israelis launch a new war against Hezbollah, the terror group should retaliate strongly enough to “close their case once and for all.” He also said that the “end of US supremacy is imminent.”