Iran's Mehr news agency reported a statement from Esmail Qaani, commander of the IRGC Quds Force, pledging ideological allegiance to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and vowing to continue the 'bright and glorious path of resistance.' Qaani also said commanders and fighters of the 'resistance fronts' — Iran's term for its regional proxy groups — reaffirm their loyalty to the covenant with Khomeini and the path approved by Khamenei.
Iranian state media confirmed that Esmail Qaani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, has formally pledged allegiance to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. The statement was published by the Mehr news agency on Sunday evening, in which Qaani vowed that Iran will continue on the 'bright and glorious path of resistance' under Khamenei's leadership and reaffirmed the loyalty of the 'resistance fronts' — Iran's network of regional proxy groups — to the revolutionary covenant.
The Mehr report follows the earlier publication of the full text of Qaani's letter by security analyst Yair Goldblatt at 19:05 Jerusalem time, and now provides an official Iranian media channel's confirmation. The pledge is the latest in a series of loyalty statements by top Iranian military and security commanders since Mojtaba Khamenei assumed the role of Supreme Leader following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. As The Zioneer has reported, Iran's army chief and other senior officials have also issued similar pledges of allegiance in recent days, further consolidating the new leader's authority. The succession period has been marked by threats of revenge against Israel and the United States, with several commanders vowing to avenge the death of the former Supreme Leader.
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Source and signal
- Internal intake