ABOVE THE FOLD:Iran’s supreme leader: No Iran-US thaw

Macron, like Western pundits, fails to understand the power – the all encompassing, ruthless and manipulative power – of Iran’s Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei.

IRANIAN PRESIDENT Hassan Rouhani attends the unveiling ceremony for the mobile Bavar-373 system in Tehran last month.

IRANIAN PRESIDENT Hassan Rouhani attends the unveiling ceremony for the mobile Bavar-373 system in Tehran last month.

(photo credit: REUTERS)

ByMICAH HALPERN

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 13:41