New Delhi, March 21 -- Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on Friday said Iran was defeating the enemies of the Islamic republic and had struck a "dizzying blow" to its enemies. He made the comments in a defiant written message to the nation for the Persian New Year, Nowruz.

The long statement was published on Khamenei's Telegram channel and carried by Iranian state media - marking the latest message from him after his father, Ali Khamenei, was killed in an airstrike at the outset of the war on February 28, reported AFP.

"At the moment, due to the particular unity that has been created between you our compatriots - despite all the differences in religious, intellectual, cultural and political origins - the enemy has been de...