A senior Iranian official has told Al Mayadeen Media in the Middle East that:
"Donald Trump is trying, through mediators who are in contact with us and with Washington, to end the war, but at the same time he publicly claims the opposite.
"Trump says in interviews with US media that there is no specific timetable for ending the war, which contradicts the messages he sends us."
"This US contradiction reflects a state of chaos and a deep crisis that Trump is going through, who has found himself in a serious impasse with no clear way out of this quagmire."
"Tehran has categorically informed the mediators that it is not receiving any messages from the US side and will not respond to them."
"Iran maintains a firm and resolute position with a strategic objective: not to respond to any initiative until the Zionist entity backs down and completely collapses after the crimes it has committed in the region and the chaos it has caused in the world."
Meanwhile, the commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced a new military tactic for Iran: after eliminating US air defense layers in the region, General Moussavi announced Iran's new ballistic policy. From now on, no missiles with a payload of less than one ton will be launched, and the frequency and range of missile waves will increase.
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Just a reminder that Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has lost the following people in this war:
- His father: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (killed in the opening strikes).
- His mother: (Mentioned in multiple sources as killed in the same or related strikes).
- His wife: Zahra Haddad Adel (or Zahra Adel; explicitly confirmed killed in the strike alongside Ali Khamenei).
- His son: (At least one son reported killed; some accounts specify a grandson of Ali Khamenei as Mojtaba's child).
- His sister: (e.g., Hoda Khamenei or similar; reported in family casualty lists).
- His brother-in-law: (Husband of his sister, killed in the strikes).
- Other relatives: Including a niece and/or nephew (grandchildren of Ali Khamenei via Mojtaba's siblings).
I wouldn’t bet on him easing attacks anytime soon…
