US, Israel to pay dearly for assassinating Leader

TABNAK, Mar. 04 - Larijani says that the American-Israeli aggressors will pay dearly for assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution.

News ID: 7214

Date: 04 March 2026 - 20:13

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Larijani, has emphasized that the American-Israeli aggressors will pay dearly for assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

In a post on his X account on Wednesday, Larijani said, “Mr. Trump, swayed by Netanyahu’s clownish antics, has dragged the American people into an unjust war with Iran.

He said now the US president must calculate: With over 500 American soldiers killed in just the past few days, does America still come first–or Israel?”

Larijani underlined, “This story continues. You will have to pay dearly for assassinating Imam Khamenei. God willing.”

The US and the Israeli regime launched joint military aggression on Iran on February 28 some eight months after they attacked the country in June last year. Both attacks came as Tehran was in the midst of diplomatic talks with Washington over its peaceful nuclear program.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was assassinated in a US-Israeli terrorist airstrike targeting his residence and office early on Saturday.

Analysts see this as proof of US preference for military force over diplomacy. In response, Iran carried out targeted, proportionate self-defense strikes against Israeli positions and US regional bases, warning that further aggression will face a harsher response.