Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is continuing the anti-Israel rhetoric long associated with his father, issuing a series of inflammatory statements Tuesday describing Israel as a “cancerous tumor” and predicting the destruction of the Jewish state.

Posts published through Khamenei’s official social media accounts included repeated threats against Israel and declarations that the country is nearing collapse.

“The shaken Zionist regime and the cancerous tumor of Israel are approaching the final stages of their wretched existence,” read one post.

A second message added: “By God’s grace – and in accordance with the decisive and forward-looking words of our martyred Leader ten years ago – the Zionist regime will not live to see twenty five years after that date, God willing.”

The language closely echoed years of rhetoric from Mojtaba’s father, Ali Khamenei, who was eliminated earlier this year during joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting Iran.

Ali Khamenei had repeatedly referred to Israel as a “cancerous tumor” and openly called for the destruction of the Jewish state throughout his decades in power.

In 2020, Ali Khamenei sparked international outrage after posting comments invoking the Nazi-era term “Final Solution” in reference to Israel.

Following criticism from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Khamenei later claimed that his use of the phrase referred only to the elimination of the State of Israel and not to Jews themselves.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar responded sharply Tuesday to Mojtaba Khamenei’s latest statements.

“Sounds familiar. I remember someone with a similar surname who used to say it.”

Sa’ar then mocked the Iranian leader over his recent disappearance from public view following his appointment as supreme leader, adding: “BTW, where are you?”

{Matzav.com}