“Keep it up for few more weeks, take Kharg Island where all of the resources they have to produce oil, control that island, let this regime die on a vine.”
His death came shortly after he publicly insisted that Iran’s military capabilities remained intact despite ongoing bombardments by U.S. forces under Operation Epic Fury.
“I do not want to authorize this level of violence and destruction because of the long term implications that it will have on the future of Iran, but if Qatar’s ...
“Hours ago, US forces successfully employed multiple 5,000-pound deep penetrator munitions on hardened Iranian missile sites along Iran’s coastline near the Strait of Hormuz."
Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, is the second-eldest son of the late leader and has long been considered an influential figure within Iran’s political and religious establishment.