“Without a doubt, the assassination of such a figure attests to his importance and to the hatred that the enemies of Islam harbour toward him,” Khamenei said, in a message published on his official Telegram channel on the day of Larijani’s funeral in Tehran.

“Every drop of spilled blood comes at a price, and the criminal murderers of these martyrs will soon have to pay it,” added Mojtaba Khamenei, who has yet to appear in public after taking office following the killing of his father, ex-supreme leader Ali Khamenei, at the start of the US-Israel war on his country.

The Iranian Red Crescent and health authorities have reported at least 1,400 fatalities and over 18,500–19,000 injuries since the start of the war on 28 February.

Earlier, thousands of Iranians bid farewell to Larijani in a huge funeral in Central Tehran.

The funeral also sent the commander of Basij, Major General Gholam Reza Soleimani, and Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, who were also assassinated in an aerial attack by Israeli fighter jets in Tehran.

The event also included the funeral of dozens of Iranian Navy sailors from the Dena destroyer, which was attacked by a torpedo from the US Navy off the coast of Sri Lanka on 4 March.

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