Statement by the Supreme National Defense University on the Martyrdom of High-Ranking Military Commanders, Distinguished Professors and Scientists,

According to the Center for Communications and International Relations, the Supreme National Defense University has issued a statement on the occasion of the martyrdom of high-ranking military commanders, distinguished professors and scientists of the country, and a number of honorable fellow-countrymen and people of the Islamic Iran following the brutal aggression of the Zionist regime as follows:

In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful

Among the believers there are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah. Some have fulfilled their vow dying, and others await, unyielding to change (Al-Ahzab:23)

The cancerous and terrorist Zionist tumor, relying on the support of the “Great Satan”, once again committed other crimes and added another page to its book of crimes against humanity in the early hours of the 13th of June 2025 with an aggressive attack on military and residential areas that led to the martyrdom of the glorious commanders of Islam, Lieutenant General Dr. Mohammad Baqeri, Lieutenant General Dr. Hossein Salami, the martyred commander of the IRGC, Lieutenant General Dr. Gholam Ali Rashid, and other high-ranking commanders and soldiers of the country, as well as prominent scientists such as Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi and Dr. Fereydoun Abbasi.

The profound grief caused by the martyrdom of these high-ranking military commanders, scientists, innocent families, and children as much as it has saddened the Iranian nation, has strengthened their determination to advance the path of the revolution and take revenge on the Zionists and eradicate this cancerous tumor.  As the honorable Chief of the Staff of the Armed Forces emphasized: 'Our beloved people can rest assured that the flag held by our martyred comrades will never fall to the ground. With the help of God Almighty and in faithful execution of the directive issued by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, His Eminence Imam Khamenei (may his exalted presence endure), the Armed Forces of our nation have, praise be to God, delivered severe punishment upon the orchestrators, perpetrators, and supporters of this aggression.

The mixing of the blood of high-ranking military commanders and university professors in the continuation of the failed Iranophobic project is a sign of the helplessness of the enemies in the face of the authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran and indicates that the enemy of Islamic Iran has considered its destruction in this solidarity and continues to do so.

The Supreme National Defense University, while offering its congratulations and condolences to the luminous presence of the Lord of the Age, His Holiness al-Mahdi (may Allah hasten his reappearance), and his rightful deputy, the Grand Ayatollah Imam Khamenei (may his exalted presence endure), as well as to the honorable families of the martyrs and the resistant people of Islamic Iran, pledges and emphasizes that the martyrdom of these great figures marks not the end of the path, but rather the beginning of a new chapter in the advancement and glory of the Islamic Republic of Iran. May these noble martyrs be graced with the divine blessings of the saints and find sanctuary under the patronage of the Master of this Era, His Holiness Aba Abdullah al-Hussein (peace be upon him). God willing.

Supreme National Defense University