Dubai, March 12 -- In his first address as Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei vowed on Thursday, March 12, to avenge those killed in the war, including in a strike on a school.

"Iran would obtain compensation from its enemy. I assure everyone that we will not abandon seeking revenge for the blood of your martyrs," he said referring to the United States. If it refuses, Iran will take from its assets.

Honoured to see my father's martyred body

When Ali Khamenei took over from the late Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, he did not immediately make a public speech in person; instead waiting until after a 40-day mourning period.

However, Mojtaba Khamenei finds himself and the Iranian government he leads in perhaps its most-de...