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dalton99a

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Sat Jul 11, 2026, 06:37 PM 11 hrs ago

Iran supreme leader vows revenge for father's killing

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/mediators-try-salvage-diplomacy-us-100353338.html

Iran supreme leader vows revenge for father's killing
Sat, July 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM CDT

Iran's supreme leader on Saturday vowed revenge for the US-Israeli killing of his father and predecessor, hours after President Donald Trump threatened severe reprisals in the event of any attempt on his life.

Both sides dialled up the rhetoric after exchanges of fire this week rocked an interim agreement aimed at ending the Middle East war, which broke out in late February with massive US-Israeli strikes that killed former supreme leader Ali Khamenei.

Trump has declared their ceasefire over while leaving the door open for talks, and mediators have been trying to salvage a diplomatic solution, with Iranian media reporting that a delegation from Qatar travelled to Iran on Friday.

"Vengeance is the will of our nation and must inevitably be carried out," new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written message.

"This matter depends neither on my personal existence nor on that of other officials. Whether we are present or not, it will come to pass," he wrote in his first message since his father's funeral this week.

He said Iran had compiled a list of individuals to be targeted.

Khamenei has not been seen in public since before the war, and was reportedly wounded in the strikes that killed his father.

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Iran supreme leader vows revenge for father's killing (Original Post) dalton99a 11 hrs ago OP
A Little List? Turbineguy 10 hrs ago #1
Same kind of shit that got us into Iraq for 20 years... Wounded Bear 10 hrs ago #2
Doesn't look like they want to deal, but would we if a country decapitated our leadership while we were renegotiating? surfered 8 hrs ago #3

surfered

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3. Doesn't look like they want to deal, but would we if a country decapitated our leadership while we were renegotiating?
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 09:32 PM
8 hrs ago
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