Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei says that avenging his slain predecessor and father is “the demand of the nation” and “must certainly” take place, according to a written message released on his Telegram account.
Khamenei issues the message on the occasion of funeral ceremonies for his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, held months after he was killed in the US-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 says in the message.
“Whether we are here or not, this will be achieved, and soon individuals among the freedom-seekers across the world will each carry out part of this divine mission,” he adds.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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