Senior Iranian political figure Ali Larijani has publicly dismissed the recent wave of Israeli military strikes, characterizing the attacks amid ongoing protests as evidence of the enemy's weakness and disarray.
Senior Iranian political figure Ali Larijani has publicly dismissed the recent wave of Israeli military strikes, characterizing the operations as a sign of weakness. Addressing the domestic unrest coinciding with the military campaign, Larijani framed the dual crises as proof of Israel's strategic failure rather than a threat to the Islamic Republic.
According to the pro-regime, crisis-focused news aggregator خبرفوری جنگ🚨اخبارفوری امریکا فوری, Larijani declared that "Israel's attacks amid protests show the inability and confusion of the enemy!" This exact framing was systematically echoed across multiple Iranian Telegram channels spanning different political factions. The reformist-aligned channel حامیان پزشکیان (Pezeshkian Supporters) broadcast the identical quote, as did the breaking news aggregator اخبارفوری خبرفوری جنگ امریکا فوری in a parallel update, signaling a unified state media posture.
Larijani's remarks are a direct effort to project regime stability during a period of unprecedented military and political upheaval. Between March 9 and March 13, 2026, a massive joint US-Israeli military campaign severely devastated Iranian military, air defense, and naval infrastructure. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has actively urged Iranian citizens to capitalize on these strikes to overthrow the government, providing critical context to Larijani's specific reference to the concurrent protests. The statements also arrive during a sensitive domestic transition, following the Assembly of Experts' official appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as the third Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic.
All three source channels published the exact same text simultaneously, indicating this was a standardized, state-approved talking point distributed across both hardline crisis aggregators and reformist-aligned media networks. The statements function as damage control, attempting to reframe the severe damage to Iran's military infrastructure and the resulting domestic protests as a sign of Israeli desperation rather than Iranian vulnerability.