Israel's foreign ministry said that Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was a "tyrant" like his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint strike by US and Israel. He said, "Mojtaba's hands are already stained with the bloodshed that defined his father's rule...Another tyrant to continue the Iranian regime's brutality." He added, "Mojtaba Khamenei. Like father like son."