TEHRAN – Following the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an Israeli-U.S. airstrike on his office on Saturday morning, a top Iranian security official told a televised program on Sunday morning that the United States and the Zionist Israeli regime have “broken the heart of the Iranians” and in response “we will break their heart”.
“This incident is a very bitter incident for all the Iranian nation. It means that that the U.S. and Zionists, through their actions, have actually created a situation for Iran and the Iranian nation that must be said they have broken the heart of the Iranian people; we also will burn their heart,” stated Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
The Leader was martyred alongside his daughter, son-in-law, grandchild, and a daughter-in-law, according to statements by several Iranian officials.
A team consisting of President Masoud Pezeshkian, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Eje’i will lead the country until the next leader is chosen by the Assembly of Experts, said Mohammad Mokhber, Ayatollah Khamenei’s senior aide.
The Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), General Mohammad Pakpour, and Secretary of Iran’s Defense Council, Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani, were also martyred on Saturday.
Ayatollah Khamenei was elected Leader in June 1989, following the passing of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Ruhollah Khomeini.
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