Regional
Iran’s Supreme Leader vows revenge for father’s death
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said on Saturday that avenging his slain predecessor and father was “the demand of the nation” and “must certainly” take place, according to a written message published on the official website of Ayatollah Khamenei.
Khamenei issued the message on the occasion of funeral ceremonies for his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, held months after he was killed in the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on February 28.
“We pledge to avenge the blood of the martyred leader and all the martyrs of these two wars from the criminal and disgraced killers,” Khamenei said in the message.
“The criminals will take their dream of a peaceful death in bed to the grave with them,” he added.
Mojtaba Khamenei also expressed appreciation for the attendance of tens of millions of mourners from Iran and Iraq.