IRGC Qods Force Vows to 'Open Gates of Fire' Against Israel, US to Avenge Khamenei

The Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a public, forceful statement condemning the March U.S.-Israeli strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior figures, calling those attacks “unlawful atrocities” and a violation of international law and humanitarian values.

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The statement explicitly tied the strikes to the martyrdom of Khamenei and other Iranians and positioned the Quds Force and the broader “Axis of Resistance” as resolute and strengthened rather than weakened by the losses.

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Both outlets reporting the statement frame it as a direct response to those strikes and as the first official Quds Force public reaction after the operation that killed Khamenei.

The Quds Force vowed to “open the gates of fire” against the United States and Israel and pledged it “will not rest until the enemy is defeated,” language the statement used to signal intensified offensive intent and no prospect of de-escalation from its side.

The statement warned that the enemy “will have no security anywhere in the world — not even in their own homes,” repeating the threat in both Persian-state and Western reporting and framing the response as total and protracted.

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The wording was both rhetorical and operationally suggestive, issued amid reports of ongoing IRGC retaliatory strikes across the region.

The Quds Force framed the response as a religious and moral duty because, it said, the attackers had “crossed all red lines of humanity and international law,” making intensified fighting obligatory.

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The statement called on the Muslim community and “advocates of freedom” worldwide to continue resistance “until the eradication of global arrogance and international Zionism,” and reaffirmed loyalty to the martyred Leader, tying operational vengeance to ideological and spiritual commitments.

Western reporting echoed this framing, noting the statement portrayed the Islamic Republic and the Axis of Resistance as an unshakable, “divinely strengthened tree.”

Reporting emphasized that the statement was released amid—and in the context of—sustained IRGC operations; PressTV explicitly linked it to “sustained and decisive retaliatory strikes against sensitive and strategic American and Israeli targets throughout the region.”

Western coverage underscored the declaration’s role as a rallying message for the resistance front.

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Both sources present the statement as signalling continued kinetic activity and as a step toward broader mobilization among Iran-aligned groups rather than a standalone rhetorical threat.