TEHRAN – In an official message, Islamic revolution leader Ayatollah Seiyedal Ali Khamenei has vowed “severe punishment” against Israel after assassinating at least four Iranian military officials and nuclear scientists on a strike that clashed with Tehran early on Friday.
Major General Hossein Salami, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, Commander of Khatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters. Feredun Abbasi, an Iranian nuclear scientist and former nuclear chief. He is one of the martial artists along with another prominent nuclear scientist named Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi.
The full message from the leader is as follows:
In the name of Allah, the most merciless and most merciless
The great country of Iran!
Earlier this morning, the Zionist regime unveiled its unprecedented malignant nature by raising its dirty, bloody hands and targeting housing centres in order to commit crimes against our beloved nation.
This regime must wait for severe punishment.
The powerful hand of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s army will not let it go, Allah is pleased.
In the enemy attack, several commanders and scientists marched. Their successors and colleagues will soon be happy to take on their duties.
With this crime, the Zionist regime has prepared a fiercely painful fate for itself, and it will certainly receive it.
Seyyed Ali Khamenei
June 13, 2025.