Brigadier General Majid Mousavi, commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)

The commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced the force's intention to target Iran's adversaries with its most daring retaliatory strikes so far.

"Tonight, enemy skies are to turn into an even greater spectacle for you," Brigadier General Majid Mousavi wrote in a message addressed to the nation on Wednesday.

According to the commander, the planned escalation in the reprisal would serve as a response to the nation's demand for the Corps to deliver an even harder blow to the enemies in retaliation for their atrocities towards the nation.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has struck more than 100 targets in the city of Tel Aviv in retaliation for the martyrdom of Dr. Ali Larijani, Iran's former top security official, during unprovoked American-Israeli aggression against the country.

In a statement on Wednesday, the IRGC announced hitting the targets during the 61st wave of its ongoing retaliatory Operation True Promise 4 in the face of the aggression.

The hostile objects, it added, were targeted using multi-warhead Khorramshahr-4 and Qadr missiles as well as Emad and Kheibar Shekan projectiles as a means of avenging the martyrdom of Dr. Larijani, the former secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), the statement read.

"During these intense lightning strikes, the Khorramshahr-4 and Qadr missiles hit more than 100 military and security targets in the heart of the occupied territories without facing any obstruction," it added.

The IRGC put the facility characterizing this stage of the reprisal down to "the disintegration of the Zionist regime's multilayered and highly advanced air defense systems."

It cited field information as pointing to taking place of a "partial blackout" in Tel Aviv as a result of the reprisal that also resulted in the regime's forces' having a harder time controlling the situation at hand and rescuing those affected.

The Corps, meanwhile, said Operation True Promise 4 had so far either killed or injured more than 230 Zionists.

The retaliation began following the launch of Washington's and Tel Aviv's most recent bout of unlawful aggression towards the Islamic Republic.

In addition to Tel Aviv, it has targeted sensitive and strategic enemy objects in the holy occupied city of al-Quds, the occupied port of Haifa, Be'er Sheva, which serves as the regime's technological epicenter, and the Negev Desert.

American outposts across the region, including those lying in Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, have also faced intense reprisal.

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"Conscious people of the world! We speak to you from the heart of Iran, from amidst the sound of missiles and screams, from the streets. We speak to you from amidst the heartbreaking lament of a nation, following the mingling of the blood of the spiritual leader of the world's free people with the blood of over 160 innocent young girls. We speak to you from amidst a clear scene of the battle of ugliness against an oppressed, powerful, and beautiful resistance..."

A sudden change in the news narrative: With the outbreak of the war, Google searches for "Epstein documents" dropped sharply, and news coverage focused entirely on developments in Iran. According to the Boston Globe, "Epstein has disappeared from the pages of newspapers."

Proponents of this theory, which mainly includes some Democratic lawmakers and media analysts,

Unprecedented political pressure on Trump: In the week leading up to the war, pressure on Trump had reached its peak. Investigations showed that documents directly against him had been hidden, and even his allies in Congress demanded transparency.

A sudden change in the news narrative: With the outbreak of the war, Google searches for "Epstein documents" dropped sharply, and news coverage focused entirely on developments in Iran. According to the Boston Globe, "Epstein has disappeared from the pages of newspapers."

Officials' tacit admission: The most important document for this theory is the statement of Andre Carson, a Democratic member of the US House Intelligence Committee, who said bluntly: "This attack was clearly intended to divert public attention from the Epstein case." An Algerian newspaper also claimed, citing its sources, that the Epstein scandal was the "direct cause" of the war against Iran.

French General Yakovlev has a beautiful interpretation of Trump's call for countries to open the Strait of Hormuz.

He says: Joining Trump's coalition today is like buying a ticket to dinner and dancing on the Titanic; right on the night after hitting the iceberg

Now the world has understood that the old emperor is sitting naked on the throne and is no longer able to control the heartland of the world or the price of oil

Years before Hitler emerged, a German theorist had said: Sir, do you want the world? Let the heartland control the world!

And Iran has patiently and patiently created a huge army called the Resistance Front in the fabric of the heartland for years - by standing up to all internal and external pressures - and today it is imposing its hegemony on the region with the same multinational army.

Now, the countries of the world are frantically contacting this emerging global power to see what the solution is?

Almost 30 countries in the world are waiting to call the President of Iran.

The phones are constantly ringing in Pastor's office...

Hello Mr. President, is it possible that we will be allowed to pass our oil tankers safely by paying the tolls? Will you ensure our security? Do you have any other demands besides the tolls?

The world is a business, my friends, and businessmen always invest in the winning side!

And no investor is willing to buy a ticket for dinner and dancing on the Titanic, right after it hit an iceberg that has broken out of the water in the Strait of Hormuz!

After this war, we should write in the Strait of Hormuz: the place where the Titanic sank!

The great crime at Minab School has called human rights missions into question

According to Mehr News Agency, the US crime of targeting the Shajre Tayyiba School in Minab city in the early days of the joint military aggression with the Zionist regime against Iran is a fragment of the reality of American human rights.

This crime, which was widely condemned internationally, is a continuation of the crimes that the Zionist regime is committing against children in the countries of the region.

In this regard, Asker Jalalian, Deputy Minister of Justice for Human Rights and Secretary of the National Authority for Children's Rights, stated: In order to prevent this crime from being repeated not only in Iran but throughout the world, its official and coordinated condemnation in the global arena is necessary.

Jalalian said: The US and the Zionist regime launched a brutal attack against Iran on March 21, 1404, and following the numerous attacks by these two actors on different regions of the country, various human rights violations occurred; One of the most disturbing events that is considered a serious wound to the human rights and children's rights movement is the attack on a school in Minab.

The Secretary of the National Authority for Children's Rights stated that 168 innocent children were martyred as a result of the US attack on the Shajre Tayyiba School in Minab City. He said: The Minister of Justice, as the Chairman of the Coordination Council of the National Authority for Children's Rights, drafted and sent a letter to the Regional Director of UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Agency) in this regard; this letter was submitted to the Minister of Foreign Affairs on March 9 to be delivered to the Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa through diplomatic channels; in this letter, the Minister of Justice thanked the aforementioned mission in Tehran for its very appropriate, timely and logical action, and requested the Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa to condemn this brutal and inhumane act and to officially make this statement of position.

He continued: "This letter states that the various provisions and articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, especially provisions one and four of Article 38 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, emphasize that if war breaks out between countries for any reason, the parties must take all measures to ensure that children are not harmed and their rights are not violated."

The Deputy Minister of Justice for Human Rights said: I believe that the attack on the Minab School is a stain on the American human rights and interpreted the American interpretation of human rights for the world. This crime is a big question mark in front of the missions of the Human Rights Committee of the Human Rights Council, and the countries of the region must definitely declare their position against this crime. In addition, the UN Human Rights Committee, which is managed by the Human Rights Council, must definitely declare their position and condemn this barbaric act so that we do not witness the repetition of such events neither in the territorial area of ​​the Islamic Republic of Iran nor in the territorial area of ​​other countries and such events do not repeat.

Regarding the numerous violations of the rights of Iranian children following the military aggression of the United States and the Zionist regime against our country, Jalalian said: The crime of the Minab School is part of the crime that is being committed against Iranian children; this crime has been introduced and described more prominently in the media; in this unequal war, children are the silent victims of the crimes of the Zionist regime and the United States; Attacks occurred in various parts of the country, leaving many children martyred, injured, and even missing.

The Secretary of the National Authority for Children's Rights continued: "Some children are still under the rubble, because the volume of rubble in some areas is so great that it is not yet possible to remove the rubble."

He said: "As stated in various articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, children have the right to education, peace and security, and serious and practical measures to ensure that their rights to health and medical care are not violated; in the military aggression of the Zionist regime and the United States against Iran, the right to education of children has been denied, and the country's schools have been closed due to the attacks of the United States and the Zionist regime; at the same time, in this brutal act, the right to security and peace of Iranian children has been violated."

Jalalian emphasized: "The important right of Iranian children to medical treatment was also violated during the attacks of the United States and the Zionist regime; with the attacks that the Zionist regime carried out on medical centers and hospitals, the right to medical care and health of Iranian children was violated."

The Secretary of the National Authority for Children's Rights emphasized: "We hope that the Committee on the Rights of the Child of the Human Rights Council will seriously address this issue, condemn the criminals responsible for these crimes, and take measures to ensure that such crimes do not occur in Iran or in any other country."

This great virtue attracts the most attention among the countless virtues that have been narrated for the Mujahideen in the way of God. These words, with their common meaning - not divine and mystical secrets that we are short of - undoubtedly, the speech and writing of ordinary humans are unable to express them. This divine medal shines on the arms of the Mujahideen, like the sun in the presence of the owners of the unseen and heavenly secrets. Is this not the appearance of the same creation that honored Abraham, the Khalil al-Rahman? And is it not a spark of the position of the beloved of God that shines in the desert of the best of beings? And is it not the descent of the position of the guardian of God from the Commander of the Faithful to the Seal of the Awliya, who has been granted the status of those Awliya Allah? If it exists - and it does exist - with what expression can we get around it, and with what human eyes can we see this appearance? So it would be better for me to end my life by offering “Peace be upon you, especially the friends of Allah.”[2] And this great honor is for the Mujahideen in the way of Allah, whether they become martyrs or victors or not. And for the martyrs, there are other indescribable virtues, and for the dear victors, a separate virtue. Victors like these exciting dear ones, from the dear commanders of the IRGC and the army to other Mujahideen, to other fighters and Mujahideen in the field of defense and the vanguards of the Basij and the Committee and the Gendarmerie and the City Police, the brave and courageous popular and tribal forces who played a fundamental role in breaking the siege of Abadan to breaking the strong fortress of Khorramshahr to the great conquest of Muharram, and in the form of an oppressive opponent - who was equipped to the teeth with weapons from the United States, the Soviet Union and other powers and enjoyed financial and military support from the reactionaries of the region - they slapped us so hard that the stigma of its disgrace will remain on the Saddam Hussein front in history. The great powers and Saddam's supporters should have understood by now that military power and modern weapons can never confront the revolutionary and sacred anger of the nations.

With the excuse of guilt, I congratulate the commanders of the army and the IRGC and all the commanders of the military and security forces and all their comrades who earned pride in their own arena with their heroic defense of Islam and the country for Islam, Muslims and dear compatriots. I extend my endless mercy to the noble and free martyrs and the Islamic homeland who have achieved eternal happiness, and I wish eternal happiness, beautiful patience and a great reward to their mothers, fathers, wives and other relatives and survivors. Peace be upon the soldiers and army of Islamic Iran. Peace be upon their respected commanders. Peace be upon all the mujahideen and fighters on the path to the goal. May the commanders and fighters of the gendarmerie, the police, the committee, the Basij and the popular and tribal forces be victorious. May the glorious flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran be raised high. May blessings and peace be upon the great supporter of the oppressed of the world, the Holy Prophet, the one who redeems our souls.

Imam Khomeini

Seyyed Abbas Araqchi wrote on the X Network on Saturday night, March 13, 2025: Iran Calls on Its Neighboring Brothers to Expel Foreign Aggressors from Their Lands The security umbrella that America has been promoting for years has now been revealed to be full of holes; an umbrella that has not only not been a deterrent, but has actually created the ground for tension and crisis.

He added: The United States is now forced to ask others, even China, to help it keep the Strait of Hormuz secure.

Araqchi clarified: Iran calls on its neighboring brothers to expel foreign aggressors from their lands; especially because the only concern and priority of these forces is to defend Israel.

The spokesman for the Khatam Anbiya Central Headquarters warned about the use of drones copied from the Shahed 136 drone by the American-Zionist enemy to attack Iran's neighbors.

The statement from the Khatam Anbiya Headquarters reads:

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

To the attention of all neighboring countries and Muslim people in the region;

The enemy, defeated in the military battlefield and in building a political coalition against Iran, has resorted to cunning and trickery and, with a diabolical plan, has copied the Shahed 136 drone of Iran and is attacking unjustified targets in the countries of the region under the new name of "Lucas drone". The enemy's goal is to create pessimism and accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran and ultimately to create differences and divisions between Iran and neighboring countries in order to undermine the defensive, legal and legitimate actions of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The governments and nations of the region should know that the defense doctrine of the Islamic Republic of Iran against the military aggressions of the United States and the Zionist regime is based on a completely legal basis and has solid logic.

As it has repeatedly stated, the Islamic Republic of Iran will only attack the targets, centers, and interests of the United States and the Zionist regime, and it will take responsibility for any place it targets by issuing an official announcement and will be held accountable for its consequences.

Examples of this are the mischievous attacks on centers in neighboring and friendly countries such as Turkey, Kuwait, and Iraq in recent days and their attribution to the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Intelligent responses by the country’s authorities to these deceptive and evil moves will nip this conspiracy in the bud, and being deceived by the devil and divisive positions will encourage him to expand it. Therefore, it is necessary to trust each other and, by maintaining unity and cooperation, make the foreign aggressor enemy regret continuing these mischiefs.

Fereidoon Barkashli, an international oil and energy analyst, presented his assessment of developments in the energy sector and stated: The wars in the Middle East in the past decades and years have always been accompanied by a surge in global oil prices, and the market reaction, especially in the Persian Gulf region, has been severe, so that from the movement to nationalize the Iranian oil industry in the early 1950s to the crises of the 1970s and in recent years, the Ukrainian war, the Gaza war and the Israeli attack on Iranian soil last summer, all caused a rapid increase in global oil prices. Each of these crises, depending on its severity, scope and duration, has severely affected the markets.

He pointed out that the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel on February 28, 2026 sent a new wave to the market, and added: Despite the increase in prices, the market reaction was weaker than expected; as if the severity of the explosion had not been understood. On March 3, the price of Brent rose to $81.45 per barrel and, after low-level fluctuations, reached $120 in the first week of March; then it fluctuated between $100 and $110 and sometimes even fell below $100.

An international oil and energy analyst said: Oil is produced in the Middle East, but its price is determined on the US and European stock exchanges. The global oil market gets its narratives from the International Energy Agency in Paris; an institution that is the club of major oil and gas consumers in the world, so the narratives of major consumers play a decisive role in calming or inflaming the market.