Iran Armed Forces General Staff said on the anniversary of returning POWs it
will not relent until the country’s enemies are thoroughly defeated. The
statement said the resistance ethos of released veterans has passed to a new
generation, cited more than 160 consecutive days of public support for the
military, and called for strengthening the armed forces’ capabilities, prestige
and will to resist amid calls to avenge the late leader. It described the United
States as the leading "terrorist" hegemon, criticised global imperialist forces
and Israel, and pledged to uphold the people’s demands and the Supreme Leader’s
directives on the "aggressive United States" until US and Israeli forces in the
region are defeated, Iranian rights are vindicated and the enemy submits.
