Overview
- Ali Abdollahi, who leads Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, met Mojtaba Khamenei on Sunday and received new guiding measures to confront adversaries.
- Abdollahi said the forces are ready to counter the United States and Israel and warned that any mistake by an enemy would draw a swift, severe, and decisive response.
- State and semi-official outlets said Khamenei’s instructions stressed decisive resistance and sustained readiness, and they did not disclose the time or place of the meeting.
- The session followed a reported meeting days earlier between President Masoud Pezeshkian and Khamenei, a bid to project cohesion as the new leader maintains a limited public profile.
- Separate from the orders, tensions in Gulf waters rose Sunday as the UAE and Kuwait reported hostile drones and Qatar said a cargo ship was hit by a drone, with no group claiming responsibility.