Major-General Amir Hatami, commander-in-chief of Iran’s armed forces, has vowed revenge against the US and Israel for killing former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a February 28 air strike that started the war on Iran, Al Jazeera reports.

Hatami made the remarks on the sidelines of Khamenei’s funeral in Tehran.

“With a firmer resolve we declare to the enemies of the Iranian nation — America and the criminal Zionist regime — that we will avenge the blood of the martyred leader [Khamenei],” said Hatami.