Leader's message on Sacred Defence Week, Nasrallah anniversary: Enemy's hoped-for past will never return

🔹Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei issued a message marking Sacred Defence Week and the second anniversary of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's martyrdom, declaring: "The past days the enemy wishes to return have passed and will never be repeated."

🔹He said enemies once treated regional seas as a "playground," but have been forced to retreat beyond the Arabian Sea due to Iran's fighters and defenders of the Strait of Hormuz.

🔹"The balance has fundamentally changed," he stated, honoring Nasrallah as the strategic architect of the modern Resistance.

🔹"The Islamic Republic and the Resistance Front will achieve final victory."

Ghalibaf: Iran-China ties exemplify two great civilizations' interaction

🔹Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's special envoy for China, said the two countries' relations are rooted in millennia of civilizational history and based on mutual respect.

🔹Marking 10 years of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and 5 years of the 25-year cooperation program, he said Iran's resistance after the third imposed war "will create a new transformation in relations with friendly countries."

🔹He called for stronger parliamentary ties to support agreements and economic, cultural, and scientific cooperation.

🔹"Iran-China relations exemplify interaction between two great Asian civilizations."

Kenargerd Caravanserai gets new life as cultural, tourism complex

The first phase of restoration at the 17th-century Kenargerd Caravanserai south of Tehran was inaugurated on World Tourism Day. Under a private-sector agreement, it is being transformed into a cultural and tourism complex with accommodation planned. The fund says nearly $100 million in private investment has been attracted for about 200 historic properties.

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Iraqis protest at Najaf airport entrance over suspension of Iran flights

🔹Following the decision to suspend direct flights between Iraq and Iran, Iraqi citizens held a protest gathering at the entrance of Najaf International Airport.

Nasiriyah residents protest Iraq's alignment with anti-Iran sanctions

Ghalibaf: Nasrallah turned resistance into a deterrence doctrine

🔹In a message marking the second anniversary of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's martyrdom, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ggalibaf said he transformed resistance from an irregular guerrilla movement into a "deterrence doctrine."

🔹"He was not just a political-religious leader, but a strategist and field commander who completely changed the Zionist regime's security equations."

🔹Ghalibaf stressed Nasrallah built a structure not dependent on any individual: "The enemy thought eliminating a commander would stop the resistance, but it maintains its deterrence today."

🔹"His legacy is a human and intellectual asset extending through generations."

Gen. Abdollahi: Iran, Resistance ready to give devastating response

🔹Major General Ali Abdollahi, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, issued a message marking the second anniversary of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's martyrdom.

🔹"The Zionist-American enemy thought eliminating the Sayyed of Resistance would collapse the Resistance, but its calculations failed again," he said.

🔹"The Resistance Front has not weakened—it has reached strategic unity. Nasrallah's path continues in Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, and Iraq."

🔹"Iran's Armed Forces, alongside Islamic Resistance fighters, stand ready to give a decisive and devastating response to any threat against the Islamic Ummah."

Leader: The enemy dares not venture beyond Arabian Sea — and soon will be driven from there

In a message marking Sacred Defense Week, Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei said the enemy, having suffered painful blows at the hands of Iran's armed forces and guardians of Hormuz, has retreated to the Arabian Sea—and will soon be expelled. He noted over 30 million Iranians have declared readiness for sacrifice, and honored Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on his martyrdom anniversary.

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