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Ali Abdollahi Warns Enemy Assets Within Reach as Iran Marks Aban 13
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Enemy tangible and intangible assets remain within reach of Iran’s powerful forces. Aban 13 marks Day of Fight against Global Arrogance, highlighting Iran as a rising power.
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Aban 13 warning
Iran’s Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and Commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Major General Ali Abdollahi, warned that the enemy’s tangible and intangible assets remain within reach of Iran’s forces as Iran marked Aban 13, the National Day of Fight against Global Arrogance. Abdollahi said Iran has emerged as the world’s fourth pole of power, and he linked that standing to Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz as a “vital strategic energy chokepoint.” Abdollahi framed the message around a “Third War,” describing it as a 40-day conflict imposed jointly by the United States and Israel against the country on February 28.
Abdollahi said Iran is not seeking war or conflict, and he declared, “our doctrine has shifted from ‘defense’ to ‘offensive initiative,’ and from ‘crisis management’ to ‘order-building.'” Abdollahi warned that any further miscalculation would draw a response without geographical limits, as directed by Iran’s Leader, and he called for ending war on all fronts including Lebanon and the Gaza Strip along with full sanctions relief, the release of frozen assets, and compensation for war damages.
No geographic limits
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei ordered the military to prepare an “immediate, impactful, and geographically unrestricted” response to any new U.S. or Israeli attack, and he directed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to update its target list. Iran’s Army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia echoed the warning by telling Iranian state media that “the geography of the conflict will not be confined to the West Asia region.” Lieutenant General Abdollahi, the Chief of General Staff of the Iranian Army and Commander of Tehran’s Central Command, said the adversary’s material and immaterial assets fall within the range of its military power.
Abdollahi outlined five conditions for permanent security, including an end to the war on all fronts, especially in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, and the full lifting of sanctions on Iran and the release of frozen Iranian assets. Parliament Speaker and head of the Iranian negotiating team Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iran had given Washington a “hard and mental response,” and he warned that any new American military action would provoke an “unpredictable” Iranian response without geographic limits.
Targeting, sanctions, and mediation
Iran’s Defense Minister Mehrdad Akhlaki said Iran is working to strengthen its combat capabilities and develop its defensive weapons to ensure a rapid and decisive response to any threat “without geographical constraints.” Akhlaki linked the escalation to directives from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to update the objective bank to include American and Israeli assets, both tangible and intangible, and to emphasize immediate retaliation to any military or terrorist attacks. Qatar pressed ahead with efforts to bring Washington and Tehran back to negotiations, and Qatari mediators held more than 12 hours of discussions with Iranian officials in Tehran before continuing talks in Doha.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the latest discussions in Doha focused on a proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days and resume peace negotiations with the U.S., provided Washington meets Tehran’s demands. Araghchi said the demands include lifting recently imposed U.S. sanctions, reinstating oil waivers granted in June, reducing the U.S. military presence in the region, recognizing new shipping routes designated by Iran and Oman through the Strait of Hormuz, and ending hostilities on all fronts, including Israeli attacks on Lebanon.