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Pete Hegseth: “We know the new so-called, not so supreme leader is wounded…”

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Their production lines, their military plants, their defense innovation centers, defeated. Iran's leadership is in no better shape. Desperate and hiding, they've gone underground. Cowering. That's what rats do. We know the new so-called, not so supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured. He put out a statement yesterday, a weak one actually, but there was no voice and there was no video. It was a written statement. He called for unity. (04:21–04:29)

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Asserts that Iran's new leader is injured and possibly disfigured.

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