TEHRAN – Iran’s top military command has underlined that it will continue to mobilize all national capacities under the guidance of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to safeguard the country’s security, sovereignty, and progress.

Major General Ali Abdollahi, commander of the Central Headquarters of Khatam al-Anbiya, issued the message on the occasion of Sacred Defense Week (anniversary of the beginning of Iran-Iraq war), calling the event an “eternal school and inexhaustible asset” for the Iranian nation.

“The Sacred Defense reminds us of the days when the great Iranian nation, with faith in God Almighty, obedience to the leadership of Imam Khomeini, and a spirit of resistance, sacrifice, and selflessness, stood against the enemy’s all-out invasion and recorded an enduring epic of dignity, independence, and honor in the history of this land,” Abdollahi said.

He stressed that the discourse of resistance—rooted in religious, national, and revolutionary values—was founded on standing against arrogance, reliance on domestic strength, distrust of hegemonic powers, and reliance on divine authority. He pointed out that even the recent 12-day war with Israel, launched with the goal of weakening Iran’s resolve, ultimately strengthened national cohesion and reinforced the people’s central role in defending the country.

 Any new aggression will be met with crushing response: IRGC

In a statement released Sunday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) warned, “In the event of any new miscalculation or aggression by the enemy, the Islamic Republic of Iran will take the initiative on the battlefield with a commanding position and deliver another deadly response.”

The IRGC noted that this year’s commemoration of the eight-year Iraq-imposed war on Iran comes only weeks after the illegal Israeli-US aggression against the country, a 12-day war that killed more than 1,000 Iranians, including senior commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians. The attack also saw the United States bomb three Iranian nuclear sites in a violation of international law.

Iranian forces retaliated by striking strategic sites across the occupied Palestinian territories and the al-Udeid air base in Qatar, the largest American military base in West Asia. The IRGC said that Iran’s retaliatory operations, conducted on June 24, effectively brought the wave of aggression to an end, exposing the failure of Tel Aviv and Washington to achieve their objectives.

“The enemies’ defeat in the two imposed wars, and their failure in security, political, economic, psychological, and media battles aimed at destabilizing Iran, proved that the nation, through vigilance, insight, and unity, stood like a steel fortress against hybrid warfare and foiled their plots,” the statement said.

The IRGC emphasized that the experience of both the 1980s Sacred Defense and the recent 12-day war demonstrated that “effective deterrence” is the product of constant readiness, innovation in strategy and tactics, and the steady advancement of defense technologies and systems. It pledged that the elite force, alongside other branches of the Armed Forces, is strengthening its offensive and defensive capabilities as part of a broader strategy of deterrence.