Kremlin hopes killings of Iranian leaders "will not become the norm"

The killings of Iranian leaders during the American-Israeli operation will have profound repercussions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

Source: Russian news outlet RBC

Details: According to Peskov, Moscow hopes the developing situation will not become the norm.

Quote: "This is indeed the reality in which we live, but let us hope that this is not the norm.

And in any case, this is not the norm – it has had and will continue to have profound repercussions. This cannot remain without consequences."

Background:

• On 3 March, Iran International reported that Iran's Assembly of Experts had elected a new Supreme Leader of the country following the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a US military operation, naming his son Mojtaba Khamenei as his successor.
• According to Israeli media reports on 7 March, Israeli security officials believed that Mojtaba Khamenei had been wounded in an airstrike the previous week.

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