A written statement from Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei threatened vengeance for the death of his predecessor and father on Saturday, but added that it would depend not only on Iran but also on “free people around the world.”
In the supreme leader’s first public message since funeral ceremonies for his father, Ali Khamenei, began a week ago, the statement read on state television said that vengeance was “the demand of the nation” and “must certainly” take place.
Ali Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike on February 28, at the start of the war.
“We pledge to avenge the blood of the martyred leader and all the martyrs of these two wars from the criminal and disgraced killers,” the statement said.
Mojtaba Khamenei, who senior sources have said suffered facial disfigurement and other injuries in the strike, has not been seen by Iranians since he was appointed supreme leader on March 8.
“Whether we are there or not, this will be accomplished, and soon every free person around the world will fulfill a part of this divine mission,” the statement said.[ Al Arabiya]
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Iran does not plan to hold negotiations with the United States until Washington alters its approach, the Fars news agency reported on Saturday, citing a source close to the Iranian negotiating team.
"Iran has not requested talks with the US, and there will be no negotiations until the US backs down from its positions," the source said.
Fars did not specify what exactly Tehran expects from Washington.
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has sworn that Tehran will avenge the death of the slain Ali Khamenei and other Iranians who fell victim to US-Israeli strikes.
"We swear to avenge your blood and the blood of all the martyrs of these two wars, by punishing the criminal and disgraced murderers. This vengeance is the will of our people, and it must undoubtedly be carried out," Khamenei said in a written address on the occasion of his father's funeral, the former Supreme Leader. "Vengeance is the demand of our people, and it must undoubtedly be carried out," he emphasized.
Iran will not enter negotiations with the United States until Washington backs down from its positions, semi-official Fars news agency reported Saturday, rejecting earlier media reports that Iran had sought such negotiations.
Citing a source close to the Iranian negotiating team, Fars said the start of negotiations would depend on U.S. implementation of the recently signed peace memorandum of understanding (MoU), including ending the war and securing an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, as well as resolving issues related to maritime transit through the Strait of Hormuz, among other issues.
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