Reference News Network, March 13 report: According to AFP, on March 12, the newly appointed Supreme Leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not yet appeared publicly, vowed in a statement read by an Iranian state television host to take revenge for the dead since the war with the United States and Israel.

In his statement, he said: "So far, the amount of such retaliation in specific forms is limited, but it will still be one of our top priorities before it is fully realized."

He added: "We will seek compensation from our enemies, and if they refuse, we will take a certain amount of their property according to our decision. If this is not possible, we will destroy an equivalent amount of their property."

This is Mojtaba's first statement since being announced as the new Supreme Leader of Iran on the 8th. Previously, his father, the former Supreme Leader of Iran, was killed in an air strike by the US and Israel.

On February 28, the then Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in the initial attack by the US and Israel, triggering a war that spread across the Middle East.

In response, Iran launched drone and missile attacks against the interests of Israel and the US in the region and effectively closed the strategically significant Strait of Hormuz.

Since his appointment, 56-year-old Mojtaba has not appeared publicly. Iranian state television reported that he was injured during the ongoing war.

In his statement, Mojtaba called for the closure of US bases in the region, saying that "the US claims about establishing security and peace are nothing but lies." He also called for using the "lever of closing the Strait of Hormuz." The strait is a strategic waterway through which one-fifth of the world's oil passes.

The new leader also thanked Iran's allies in the region, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and some armed groups in Iraq. He said: "We consider the countries of the 'Resistance Front' as our best friends, and the resistance movement and the resistance front are an inseparable part of the values of the Islamic Revolution."

After the statement was released, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated that they had launched attacks on Israeli and US bases around the world, paying tribute to Mojtaba and his family. (Translated by Qiu Fang)

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