At a nighttime gathering of supporters of the Islamic Republic, a cleric said that if the Islamic Republic does not exact retribution against the person who killed its former leader, the current leader and other officials of the system will be forced to live in hiding at all times.

He made the remarks while stressing the need to exact retribution against the person responsible for the killing of the former leader, linking that issue to the security of the current leaders.

The source that published the report did not provide further details about the exact time, location, or the identity of the cleric.