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Ultimatum From the Joint Command: Khatam al-Anbiya Orders Israeli Halt to Southern Lebanon Operations

The central headquarters of the Iranian armed forces has issued a dramatic wartime ultimatum directly to Jerusalem, warning that continuous defensive operations in southern Lebanon will trigger an immediate, harsh military retaliation from the Islamic Republic.

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Iranian Air Force (Photo: Matyas Rehak/shutterstock)

The highly volatile security arrangement across the Middle East faced a massive escalation on Tuesday evening as the supreme joint military command of the Islamic Republic of Iran issued an explicit, official warning of direct kinetic intervention. The central defense apparatus, acting through its most sensitive operational leadership hubs, formally interjected into the active border war, demanding an immediate cessation of all frontline activities. This severe geopolitical escalation occurred less than forty eight hours after international intermediaries finalized a preliminary diplomatic framework in Washington, threatening to completely dissolve the delicate regional stabilization initiatives before international diplomats can formally convene for a high level signing ceremony in Switzerland this coming Friday.

The primary operational directive was broadcast directly by the prestigious Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, the elite command structure responsible for coordinating all branches of the regular Iranian armed forces and specialized paramilitary divisions. The official communique explicitly stated that as made clear in the previous warning, if the Israeli army does not stop its aggression in southern Lebanon, it will encounter a harsh response from the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Senior military planners coupled this official document with subsequent public declarations designed to maximize psychological pressure, explicitly reiterating that Israel should expect a harsh response if the current frontline deployments are not immediately abandoned.

The central defense headquarters substantiated its aggressive stance by releasing localized intelligence logs detailing alleged combat infractions along the immediate border zones, framing their threatened military intervention as a necessary enforcement mechanism. The regular army command structure asserted that the army of the Zionist regime violated the ceasefire in southern Lebanon eighty four times in the last two days, after the announcement of the United States President on the end of the war, and it continues to commit crimes in Lebanon. The high command concluded its operational brief by delivering an explicit ultimatum to defense planners in Jerusalem, warning that if the army of the Zionist regime does not cease its actions in southern Lebanon, it must expect a harsh response from the Iranian armed forces.

This dramatic military intervention aligns seamlessly with a parallel diplomatic offensive orchestrated by the head of the National Security Committee in the Iranian Parliament, Ebrahim Azizi, who utilized global communications platforms to demand total Western compliance with Tehran's strategic conditions. The senior legislative executive forcefully asserted that Iranian resilience led to a strategic change of direction, when the United States arrived at the negotiation table on Iran's terms, adding an explicit demand that Washington must now prove its commitment by ending the war in Lebanon and complying with every section of the memorandum of understanding. Azizi finalized the state's unified message by issuing a severe warning to international observers, declaring that any violation of the agreement will be met with a firm and decisive response, while concluding that the era of unilateral demands and the imposition of conditions against Iran has ended.

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