Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani has declared that former US President Donald Trump will face consequences for the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The statement came after Khamenei was killed in a joint US-Israeli strike on Iran on February 28, which triggered widespread conflict across the Middle East. In a post on X, Larijani, a close aide to Khamenei, vowed relentless revenge for the blood of their leader and people.

Trump dismissed Larijani’s threats, telling CBS News that he did not know who Larijani was and did not care about his remarks. He said US attacks on Iran would continue and demanded Tehran’s unconditional surrender. Larijani, a former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, claimed Iran had captured some US soldiers and reiterated that Trump would not be spared for his actions.

Larijani further accused the United States and Israel of seeking to dismantle the Islamic Republic and compared Washington’s strategy to its involvement in Venezuela, where he said the US had tried to impose an interim government under pressure.