Larijani says US 'will never achieve their goals'
Ali Larijani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, appeared in a television interview on Sunday to mourn killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and vow retaliation against the U.S.

"The passing of a great personality has wounded the hearts of all of us," Larijani said, adding that, "Americans should know that by stabbing the hearts of the Iranian nation, their hearts will be stabbed."
"What they did in a cruel way towards the Iranian leadership has angered the people so much that they will never achieve their goals," he said.
Larijani added that a temporary leadership council would be formed consisting of the president, the head of the judiciary and one of the jurists of the Guardian Council.
Larijani also posted to X on Sunday morning saying that Saturday's attacks on Iran "did hurt" but that Iran would hit the U.S. and Israel "with a force they have never experienced before."
-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian and Victoria Beaule






