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Iran says policy line unchanged after leader’s death, vows retaliation on July 11

Iran says policy line unchanged after leader’s death, vows retaliation on July 11

Mojtaba Khamenei said Tehran will maintain the late supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s political course, keep pursuing accountability, and respond with retaliation while again blaming the United States and Israel.

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The DW report directly confirms Mojtaba Khamenei's July 11, 2026 vow of revenge against the US and Israel for his father Ali Khamenei's killing, declaring revenge a national demand. The caller's BlockBeats source adds that he pledged to continue Ali Khamenei's political course and defend national independence, not changing direction due to the leader's death. NBC News independently corroborates the July 11 revenge pledge, and NPR confirms Ali Khamenei's death and funeral context. All core elements of the claim—unchanged policy line, continued accountability/retaliation, and blame on the US and Israel—are supported by multiple sources.
Summary

Iran will keep to the political line of the late supreme leader Ali Khamenei and will not alter its established policy direction because of the leader’s death, Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written address on July 11. He said Iran would safeguard national independence and sovereignty, again named the United States and Israel as responsible for the deaths of the late supreme leader and others, and said Tehran would continue pursuing accountability and deliver a retaliatory response. He added that seeking responsibility for the victims is a shared demand of the Iranian people and that this objective will not change with a change in leadership.

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