In his first public message since funeral ceremonies for the late supreme leader began a week ago, Mojtaba Khamenei said avenging the deaths of his father and others killed during the conflict was a national obligation.
Iran's newly appointed Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has declared that revenge for the killing of his father and predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, remains inevitable, warning that those responsible would be held accountable with the support of "free people around the world."
In his first public message since funeral ceremonies for the late supreme leader began a week ago, Mojtaba Khamenei said avenging the deaths of his father and others killed during the conflict was a national obligation.
The written statement, broadcast by Iranian state television on Saturday, described retaliation as "the demand of the nation" and insisted that it "must certainly" be carried out.
"We pledge to avenge the blood of the martyred leader and all the martyrs of these two wars from the criminal and disgraced killers," the new supreme leader said, according to Reuters.
