Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: The Act of Revenge Does Not Depend on My Existence or Other Officials

In a message issued on the occasion of his own funeral and burial, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated that the matter of revenge does not depend on his own existence or that of other officials. He emphasized that this will be realized, and that soon free people from around the world will each carry out part of this mission.

• In a message issued on the occasion of his own funeral and burial, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned “criminals.”
• In this message, he said that the “matter of revenge” does not depend on his own existence or that of other officials.
• Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stressed that, whether he is there or not, this will be realized.
• He predicted that soon “individuals among the free people across the world” will each carry out part of this mission.
• IRNA described this mission as “this.”
• Mehr described this mission as “this divine mission.”
• This message was published on 9 July 2026.. Coverage difference: In its quotation from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s message, IRNA reduced the phrase “divine mission” to “this,” whereas Mehr rendered it in full as “this divine mission.” Both outlets emphasized the part of the message stating that “the matter of revenge does not depend on my existence or that of other officials.”