The assistant of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's coordinating affairs, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, stated that soon "more crushing blows will be seen against Israel, surprising it with new measures, initiatives, and innovations."

During a speech at a ceremony commemorating the martyrdom of student Hossein Fahmideh (killed during the Iran-Iraq war) at "Behesht Zahra" in Tehran, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi explained: "The 36,000 martyr students who we invited to this ceremony today are the true hosts of this event, the martyrs like Mohammad Hossein Fahmideh, who were the creators of great epics and field leaders for our country during the sacred defense era and in the areas of establishing security and confronting hypocrisy."

Brigadier General Naqdi continued: "The young students have always been the prominent creators of epics in the Islamic Revolution, inspiring society with sacrifice, tolerance, and giving their lives for the path of truth. If today the people of Palestine and Gaza are toying with death, it started from here, from the residents of these illuminated graves," and added: "The martyrs were inspiring and field leaders, and they were the key to this great resistance movement. Today, all of humanity owes these martyrs, not just us and the student community at home, but this great awakening that has occurred in the world is the result and outcome of the resistance and standing firm of these youths, and today we see that the enemy has been defeated, so 'Israel' is practically powerless and in need of America."

Naqdi elaborated: "In the past, the United States and England (Britain) provided weapons, financial, and intelligence assistance to the occupying entity, but their military forces are now officially stationed in occupied Palestine, and their ships have reached the shores of occupied Palestine to fight, because the Zionist entity is unable to confront the fighters of Hamas and Hezbollah."

He added: "Despite this, today the Palestinian youths resisted in this way, defeated the occupying entity, and brought the situation to the point where America itself had to enter the field."

Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi referred to "the successes that Iran has achieved in various fields of science and defense," saying: "Today, you have a defense force that relies entirely on your universities, and you manufacture all the weapons yourself. In this regard, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that the power of creativity and the motivations of the Iranian people must be understood by the enemy."

He added: "The enemy knows that many things are happening in the field of resistance, that progress is being made and more weapons are being obtained, and that enemy tactics are being neutralized... Our nation is proud that it does not depend on any other power but relies on its national capabilities in the field of weaponry."

Brigadier General Naqdi pointed out that "the successes of the resistance fronts, including Iran, Lebanon, and Palestine, are due to the right actions taken by the people in choosing their leaders and their way of life," stating: "In the coming days, we will see what crushing blows will be dealt to the Zionist entity, as it will face greater defeats with new measures, initiatives, and innovations that will surprise it."

Earlier, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Hossein Salami, commented on the recent Israeli attack on Iran, stating that "the bitter consequences of the Israeli crime cannot be imagined by the occupiers."

Israel launched an attack early Saturday, October 26, on "military sites" in Iran, in response to the Iranian missile strike against Israel on October 1, which was itself a response to the assassination of the Secretary-General of "Hezbollah" Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah, and the Head of the Political Bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh.

Tehran has confirmed that it "retains the right to respond legitimately to these criminal attacks at the appropriate time."