Iran issued a chilling pledge of allegiance to its new supreme leader — a personalized missile — as the Islamic Republic unleashed a fresh barrage of drone and missile attacks Monday.
“At your service, Sayyid Mojtaba,” the message scribed on the side of the projectile says.
Iran showed off a missile containing a chilling message Monday. IRIB The new missile was unveiled on Iranian state TV – just hours after Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was named his slain father’s successor.
His appointment comes after President Trump warned the new leader of the tyrannical regime would need “US approval” in order to survive.
“If he doesn’t get approval from us, he’s not going to last long,” he told ABC News.
Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was appointed Sunday. KHAMENEI.IR/AFP via Getty Images Trump previously cast a damning verdict on Mojtaba, the son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, describing him as “unacceptable” and “a lightweight.”
Despite the change at the top of the clerical regime, Iran continued its retaliatory strikes, unleashing a barrage of missile attacks on Gulf nations.
Saudi Arabia intercepted four drones reportedly heading to a Shaybah oilfield, while Bahraini state media reported 32 people, including children, were injured in an Iranian drone attack south of the capital.
Saudi Arabia has described Iran’s attacks as “reprehensible,” Al Jazeera reported.
