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Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei vowed to avenge the death of his father, former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a Saturday morning barrage of posts on X.
“We pledge to avenge your pure blood and the blood of all the martyrs of these two (recent) wars by taking revenge against the criminal, disgraceful murderers. This vengeance is what our nation is demanding, and this must definitely be done,” Khamenei wrote.
The 86-year-old Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed on February 28 in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes that struck his compound in Tehran.
“The criminal, disgraceful murderers of the martyred Leader, whose names are fully documented from the highest to the lowest ranks, will carry their dream of a peaceful death in bed to the grave,” the new supreme leader added in his social media screed.
Iran held official funeral services for Ali Khameni over the past week, with state media reporting that more than 40 million people attended some portion of the week-long ceremonies.
Mojtaba Khamenei thanked the funeral goers in his Saturday morning post thread.
“I extend my heartfelt gratitude for the incredible, enemy-shattering, and historic turnout of tens of millions of people across Iran and Iraq,” he wrote.
