Iran's president and parliament speaker on Thursday emphasized national unity and vowed retaliation against any "aggressor," amid heightened regional tensions and competing reports of internal political strain, Xinhua reports.
In a joint statement posted on social media, President Masoud Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iran does not distinguish between "hardliners" and "moderates," adding that "all are Iranians and revolutionaries."
"With ironclad unity of nation and state and obedience to the Supreme Leader, we will make the aggressor regret its actions," the statement said.
The message stressed unity under "one God, one nation, one leader, one path," describing it as the basis for "victory for Iran." Several other senior leaders of the country also published statements calling for unity.