Those responsible “will carry their dream of a peaceful death in bed to the grave,” the supreme leader warned
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in a written statement released over the weekend vowed to avenge the killing of his father, saying those responsible “will carry their dream of a peaceful death in bed to the grave.”
The message, dated July 9 and published on Saturday by Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency, thanked millions of Iranians and Iraqis who participated in funeral processions for the slain supreme leader and pledged to continue Ali Khamenei’s legacy of “jihad and resistance.”
Iran’s second supreme leader was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Tehran on Feb. 28 during the opening phase of “Operation Roaring Lion/Epic Fury,” the joint U.S.-Israeli campaign against the Islamic Republic.
