India, March 18 -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has warned the United States and Israel that they 'will pay' for the death of Iran's National Security chief Ali Larijani. In a statement on X, Khamenei said, "Every drop of blood has its due retribution that the criminal murderers of these martyrs will soon have to pay."

Iran on Wednesday confirmed the death of Tehran's most prominent figure, Larijani, in the ongoing war against the US and Israel.

"Let the adversaries of Islam know that shedding the blood of such people at the foot of the mighty tree of the Islamic system will only make it stronger," Khamenei said.

Mojtaba Khamenei expressed condolences for the slaying of Larijani and said that the assassination of su...