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Iran issued a chilling pledge of allegiance to its new supreme leader — a personalized missile — as the Islamic Republic unleashed a fresh barrage of drone and missile attacks Monday.

“At your service, Sayyid Mojtaba,” the message scribed on the side of the projectile says.

The new missile was unveiled on Iranian state TV — just hours after Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was named his slain father’s successor.


  Iran showed off a missile containing a chilling message Monday. IRIB Iran showed off a missile containing a chilling message Monday. IRIB

His appointment comes after President Trump warned that the new leader of the tyrannical regime would need “US approval” in order to survive.

“If he doesn’t get approval from us, he’s not going to last long,” he told ABC News.

Trump previously cast a damning verdict on Mojtaba, the son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, describing him as “unacceptable” and “a lightweight.”

Trump said he wanted a figure who could “bring harmony and peace to Iran” and said he had to be “involved” in the appointment of the new leader.


  Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was appointed on Sunday. KHAMENEI.IR/AFP via Getty Images Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was appointed on Sunday. KHAMENEI.IR/AFP via Getty Images

Mojtaba was previously sanctioned by the US government in 2019 on claims he was “representing the supreme leader in an official capacity” despite never being elected. 

Despite never holding elected office, analysts branded Mojtaba a “mini-supreme leader,” and said he was his father’s “gatekeeper.”

Despite the change at the top of the clerical regime, Iran continued its retaliatory strikes, unleashing a barrage of missile attacks on Gulf nations.


  A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei along with portraits of his father Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. AFP via Getty Images A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei along with portraits of his father Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. AFP via Getty Images

Saudi Arabia intercepted four drones reportedly heading to a Shaybah oilfield, while Bahraini state media reported 32 people, including children, were injured in an Iranian drone attack south of the capital.

Saudi Arabia has described Iran’s attacks as “reprehensible,” Al Jazeera reported.

Iran has also fired ballistic missiles, one of which was shot down by NATO air defenses, according to Turkey.

US Air Force personnel are based at the Incirlik military base in southern Turkey.

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