TEHRAN: Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Sunday that the country's poor economic situation was not only due to international sanctions but also to government mismanagement.
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Supreme Leader's official website on January 31, 2022 shows Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praying at the tomb inside the mausoleum of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in southern Tehran, on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of Khomeini's return from exile to Iran. Khamenei's predecssor returned to Iran in February 1979 after 14 years in political exile in Iraq and later France, following the the revolution that led to the ouster of Iran's ruler at the time, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. KHAMENEI.IR / AFP
TEHRAN: Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Sunday that the country's poor economic situation was not only due to international sanctions but also to government mismanagement.