First Statement: The U.S. Is in Trouble! Iran's Supreme Leader Has Spoken Out! On July 11, according to Lianhe Zaobao, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba issued a written statement vowing to avenge his father Khamenei. Mojtaba stated that revenge is the people's demand and must be carried out. This matter has nothing to do with whether I or other officials are alive or not. Regardless of our existence, revenge will undoubtedly take place.

Mojtaba himself explicitly said that Iran has already drawn up a list of targets for retaliation. This marks his first public statement since the funeral of Khamenei. Clearly, Mojtaba’s direct declaration conveys at least three key messages. First, Mojtaba is clearly telling the United States: avenging a father’s death is a family grudge, but it is also a national enmity between Iran and the U.S. This is a message to the U.S.—believing that targeted killings can force Iran to submit is nothing short of fantasy.

Second, this statement undoubtedly unifies voices across Iran. By elevating personal revenge to the collective will of the entire nation and people of Iran, Mojtaba not only consolidates national consensus and unites public sentiment, but also establishes his own image as a hardliner against the U.S., enhancing his personal authority and ensuring internal stability within Iran. Third, this is an unprecedented warning to both the U.S. and Israel, indicating that Iran will certainly devise plans to make specific U.S. and Israeli officials and politicians pay the price.

Evidently, Mojtaba’s remarks mean that regardless of whether U.S.-Iran negotiations proceed, fail, or ultimately result in an agreement, Iran will carry out its revenge plan—this debt must be repaid, and cannot be erased. By deliberately emphasizing that revenge will not be interrupted by leadership changes or the survival or death of officials, Mojtaba has transformed revenge from a short-term military action into Iran’s long-term national strategy. This implies that the national security capabilities of the U.S. and Israel will face extremely severe tests.

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