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On March 9, 2026, the clerical leaders, responding to the killing of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by earlier US-Israel attacks, launched the first Iranian missile salvo into Israel, boldly projecting their defiance as the new Supreme Leader.

The state TV IRIB declared, "Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei launched the first wave of missiles at occupied territories." It made a picture of a projectile that was printed with the slogan "At Your Command, Sayyid Mojtaba," an honorific used by Shiites that promised loyalty towards the new leader.

Blasts shook central Israel; injuries were reported in Tel Aviv and the North due to the debris. The assault is part of escalated current US-Israeli assaults on Iranian infrastructures, which have increased oil prices beyond the hundred-dollar mark.

The appointment of Mojtaba at a young age despite threats by Westerners to kill him has led to internal opposition, with videos of Tehran showing the people chanting, "Death to Mojtaba. "The strikes are a rebellious beginning to his rule as the war is expanding into the region.