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In a new public statement,
Iran's leader delivered a defiant message days after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was buried.
The Ayatollah was killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in February.
His son, Mushtaba Khamenei, has not been publicly seen since he took power in March.
NPR's Hadil al-Shalshi reports.
In his second audio address, Iran's current leader,
Ayatollah Mushtaba Khamenei, called his father's killers, quote, criminals.
And promised to uphold the late supreme leader's legacy.
We pledge to take revenge for your pure blood and all the martyrs of these two wars,
Mushtaba Khamenei said, referring to Iran's war with Israel in June 2025 and the current war with the U.S.
And Israel.
Like his first address in March, Mushtaba Khamenei's speech was read by a news anchor on Iranian state media,
and the leader did not appear on camera.
Three of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's sons attended his funeral this week,
but his fourth son and successor, Mushtaba Khamenei, was not seen publicly during the day's long procession.
Hadil Alshalchi, NPR News, Istanbul.
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