• Iranian state television reported that Armed Forces Chief of Staff Ali Abdolahi met with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
  • Khamenei has not appeared in public since his appointment in March after being wounded in airstrikes that killed his father.
  • Khamenei issued ’new directives and guidelines for continuing operations aimed at confronting the enemy'.
  • Until now, Khamenei had only released written statements.