March 17, Reuters reported --
An anonymous senior Iranian official said that Mojtaba Khamenei took a "very firm and serious" stance on revenge against the US and Israel in his first foreign policy meeting. Sources also said that Mojtaba Khamenei believes "the right time for peace is only when the US and Israel are forced to surrender, admit defeat, and pay compensation."
Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, indeed demonstrated an extremely firm stance in his foreign policy meeting, clearly rejecting proposals to ease relations with the US.
His core viewpoints mainly include the following points:
Rejection of reconciliation: He explicitly rejected the proposal to "ease tensions or achieve peace" with the US, which was conveyed by two mediators.
Timing judgment: He believes "now is not the time for peace," and he rejected a ceasefire.
Final conditions: He emphasized that only when the US and Israel "are forced to surrender, admit defeat, and pay compensation" will be the right time to achieve peace.
The background of this firm statement is that his father, former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was killed in a recent US-Israel air strike, and Mojtaba himself was also injured in the same incident. Since then, he has not appeared publicly and has only conveyed orders through written statements. This position indicates the new leadership's determination to adopt an adversarial strategy towards the US and Israel in the short term.
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