Iran's Supreme Leader Mujtaba Khamenei, in a statement on his website, ordered commanders to meet "any level or type of threat" with an "immediate, effective response and without geographic limitation. He also instructed them to expand the list of targets to "all types of tangible and intangible assets belonging to the US-Israeli." "The orders came in his first reported meeting with Chief of Staff Ali Abdulahi, Chief of Army Staff Amir Khatami and Commander of the Revolutionary Guards Ahmed Vahidi. The spokesman of the Iranian army, Mohammad Akarmini: "The flames of war will undoubtedly engulf a much wider geographical area. ".

Iran's Supreme Leader Mujtaba Khamenei, in a statement on his website, ordered commanders to meet "any level or type of threat" with an "immediate, effective response and without geographic limitation. He also instructed them to expand the list of targets to "all types of tangible and intangible assets belonging to the US-Israeli." "The orders came in his first reported meeting with Chief of Staff Ali Abdulahi, Chief of Army Staff Amir Khatami and Commander of the Revolutionary Guards Ahmed Vahidi. The spokesman of the Iranian army, Mohammad Akarmini: "The flames of war will undoubtedly engulf a much wider geographical area. ".