Iran launches new barrage of missiles, drones after new leader named
Iran's Revolutionary Guard announced the launch of a new barrage of liquid- and solid-fuel missiles, including Khorramshahr, Fattah and Kheibar, along with drones, following the announcement of Mojtaba Khamenei’s leadership in an operation codenamed “Aliyyan waliyy Allah".
The phrase references the Shia belief that Prophet Muhammad appointed his son-in-law Ali as his rightful successor at the event of Ghadir.
Iranian state media published an image of a missile bearing the phrase “Labbayk, Seyyed Mojtaba” (At your service Seyyed Mojtaba), in what appeared to be a display of the military’s pledge of allegiance to the new supreme leader.
