‘Every blood has a price…’: Iran’s Mojtaba Khamenei says ‘criminal murderers’ will soon pay for Larijani’s assassination

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on Wednesday condoled the killing of Iranian security chief Ali Larijani in US and Israeli strikes and warned that the “criminal murderers” will soon pay the price.

In a statement shared by Iran’s Tasnim news agency, Mojtaba Khamenei said that he received the news of Larijani’s death with “great regret”.

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Calling the deceased Iranian security chief “an intelligent, committed individual”, Khamenei said that the fact he was assassinated shows the extent of his importance and hatred of enemies of Islam towards him.

“The assassination of such a figure undoubtedly shows the extent of his importance and the hatred of the enemies of Islam towards him,” the new Iranian Supreme Leader said.

He further warned that Iran will avenge Larijani and other martyrs

“The anti-Islamists should know that shedding this blood at the foot of the tree of the Islamic system only makes it stronger, and of course, every blood has a price that the criminal murderers of the martyrs must soon pay,” he added.

This is the second statement of Mojtaba Khamenei, who was chosen as the new Supreme Leader following the assassination of his father the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the first day of the Iran war.

The US and Israel have killed several of Iranian top leaders, with Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib being the latest.

Khatib was killed in Israeli strikes on Tuesday night, while Larijani was killed a day before. Both leaders were said to be close to late Ali Khamenei and the Iranian military.