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Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has issued a second statement since taking power. The move comes after Israel assassinated Ali Larijani, former head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. “The assassination of such a figure undoubtedly shows the extent of his importance and the hatred of the enemies of Islam towards him,” Mr Khamenei said. “The anti-Islamists should know that shedding this blood at the foot of the tree of the Islamic system only makes it stronger.” “And of course, every blood has a price that the criminal murderers of the martyrs must soon pay.”