Iran's supreme leader orders "maximum" response to any U.S. attack
Summary
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei told the country’s three top military commanders that any renewed U.S. or Israeli attack should prompt an immediate response without geographic limits, according to a statement from his office. The reported meeting came as Qatari mediators held talks aimed at restarting direct U.S.-Iran negotiations and preventing renewed conflict after the U.S. midterm elections.Key Facts
- The statement described this as the first publicly disclosed meeting between Khamenei and all three top military commanders since the war began.
- Khamenei has not appeared or spoken publicly since he was wounded in an Israeli strike on the first day of the war; he has issued written statements.
- The commanders named in the statement were armed forces chief of staff Gen. Ali Abdollahi, army commander Maj. Gen. Amir Hatami, and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Maj. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi.
- The commanders briefed Khamenei on military readiness along the Gulf coastline, near the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman, and at Iran’s northwestern and southeastern borders.
- They reported a several-fold increase in production of ammunition and reconnaissance, support, and combat weapons.
- Khamenei ordered officials to update a list of potential targets to include U.S. and Israeli assets within reach of Iran’s armed forces.
- Qatari mediators held talks in Tehran for more than 12 hours, with discussions continuing in Doha on Saturday.
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