Baqeri-Kani: No flexibility or leniency should be shown against the enemy

Ali Bagheri-Kani, deputy secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, stated that no flexibility or leniency should be shown toward what he called the “enemy.” He made this position in remarks in which he pointed to three main points and called for attention to and follow-up on them. The statements came as he referred to the people’s demands over the past more than 135 days.

• Ali Bagheri-Kani, deputy secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, stressed that there should be no flexibility or leniency toward the “enemy.”
• He said this firmness should be observed both in words and in practice.
• Bagheri-Kani referred to the people’s demands over the past more than 135 days and called for attention to and follow-up on them.
• He placed the “blood vengeance for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei” at the top of these demands.
• The second point he raised was standing firm against “American bullying and excessive demands.”
• The third point he mentioned was preserving and consolidating achievements.
• Among these achievements, he referred to the Strait of Hormuz and nuclear achievements.. Coverage difference: All media outlets (Akharin Khabar, IRIB News, Fowri News, and Etemad newspaper) presented the same account of Ali Bagheri-Kani’s remarks, and no significant difference in emphasis or omission of details is observed. All four sources quoted him as stressing عدم flexibility toward the “enemy” and the three main points of the people’s demands.