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Mojtaba Khamenei orders readiness for response without geographic limits

Mojtaba Khamenei ordered Iran's armed forces on 31 October 2026 to prepare an immediate response without geographic limits to new attacks, according to a statement reported by several outlets. This is a directive and warning, rather than evidence of an operation carried out.

Reuters and AFP, cited by Arab News, place the message on the leader's official Telegram account. Arabic-language Euronews reports the military-readiness instructions; L'Orient-Le Jour also reports the warning to Washington.

The message addresses the United States and Israel in the event of renewed attacks and presents military readiness as deterrence. The sources consulted establish neither the launch of such a response nor a target actually struck following the order. The statement comes alongside Qatari mediation efforts, without establishing that those efforts have stopped.

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