Tehran: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has denounced recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump as a 'disgrace' to the American nation. 'The recent remarks of the U.S. president during his visit to the region are a disgrace to the speaker and a disgrace to the American nation,' Ayatollah Khamenei said during a meeting with a group of teachers and educators from across the country on Saturday.

According to Islamic Republic News Agency, the Leader criticized the U.S. for using its power not for peace but to harm the people of Gaza, contrary to what Trump claimed. 'Trump said he wanted to use power for peace; he lied,' Ayatollah Khamenei asserted. 'He and American officials, American administration, used power to massacre Gaza, to incite war wherever they could, and to support their own mercenaries.'

Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized that while power can be used for peace and security, the U.S. chose a different path. 'But they did not do this,' he stated, adding, 'They used their power to give the Zionist regime ten-ton bombs to drop on the children of Gaza, hospitals, people's homes, in Lebanon and wherever they could.'

The Leader also criticized the U.S. president for offering regional Arab countries a dependency model, claiming these countries cannot survive without the U.S. 'This model has definitely failed,' Ayatollah Khamenei noted. 'With the struggles of regional nations, the U.S. must and will leave this region.'

Furthermore, Ayatollah Khamenei labeled the Israeli regime as the 'source of corruption, the source of war, and the source of discord' in the region, insisting that the Zionist regime must be eradicated. 'The Zionist regime, which is a dangerous and malignant cancerous tumor in this region, must and will be uprooted,' he added.

In a shift to domestic matters, Ayatollah Khamenei expressed gratitude to President Masoud Pezeshkian for prioritizing education. He stressed the importance of viewing educational expenditures as investments. 'I have repeatedly reiterated that whatever we spend on education is actually an investment, not an expense; it is like paving the ground for multiple profits,' he stated. 'We should be grateful that during this period, [the administration] is paying special attention to education issues, especially the esteemed president himself,' he concluded.