Iran's supreme leader orders immediate, borderless response to threats

Iran's Supreme Leader and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, has issued a directive ordering military leaders to respond to any "hostile threat" immediately, effectively, and without geographic limitations, Iranian state media reported.

Khamenei said Iran would determine ⁠the timing ‌and ‌conditions for ​ending ‌any renewed ‌military or “terrorist attacks by its enemies,” and ordered an ‌update of the military target ⁠list ⁠to bring US and Israeli “physical and non-physical” assets within the reach of Iranian forces.

"If the enemies resume military or terrorist attacks, it will be the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic and the Iranian nation that determine the timing and conditions for their end," Khamenei emphasized, as he laid out his strategic directives.

 Iran’s army warned Saturday that any new US attack would only spread their war wider, following threats by America and Israel of further military action as they hold crucial elections.

The Iranian warning comes with fresh diplomatic efforts underway to avert a resumption of fighting, with Qatari mediators in Tehran and US Vice President JD Vance reportedly sending a letter to Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei.

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