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5 min readIran’s new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, delivered a defiant audio address days after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was buried following his death in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes. In his second public statement since taking power in March, the younger Khamenei called his father’s killers “criminals” and vowed to uphold the late supreme leader’s legacy. The speech, read by a news anchor on Iranian state television, referenced “the blood of all the martyrs of these two wars”—referring to Iran’s war with Israel in June 2025 and the current war with the U.S. and Israel. Notably, Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen publicly since his succession; three of his brothers attended the funeral this week, but he did not appear during the multi-day proceedings.
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- 1 (00:04) **Iran's New Leader Issues Defiant Audio Address** - Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei calls his father's killers "criminals" and vows to uphold the late supreme leader's legacy, while remaining unseen publicly since taking power in March.
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