JUST-IN: Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s First Public Address – Main Messages

Strategic Military Doctrine

“The lever of closing the Strait of Hormuz must certainly continue to be used.”

This reaffirms Iran’s most potent geoeconomic weapon—control of global oil chokepoints—as legitimate strategic coercion. The phrasing removes ambiguity – this is stated policy, not a threat.

“Studies have been conducted regarding the opening of other fronts in which the enemy has little experience and will be severely vulnerable.”

Iran has prepared asymmetric warfare options beyond conventional exchanges. Activation is conditional on “continuation of the war situation,” establishing clear escalation thresholds.

Retaliatory Framework

“We will take reparations from the enemy. If he refuses, we will take from his assets to the extent we deem appropriate. If that is not possible, we will destroy an equivalent amount of his assets.”

Three-tiered framework codifies proportional response while reserving unilateral damage assessment authority—Iran alone determines equivalence.

Regional Posture and the Resistance Axis

“The matter of resistance and the resistance front is an inseparable part of the values of the Islamic Revolution.”

This elevates the Resistance Front from tactical alliance to theological necessity, formalizing Yemen, Hezbollah, and Iraq as permanent strategic infrastructure.

“I recommend that the countries of the region close the American bases as soon as possible… because they must have understood by now that America’s claim of establishing security and peace was nothing but a lie.”

Attacks will target “only those bases,” not host nations. This pressures regional governments to choose between US presence and Iranian retaliation.See more, details