Ministry of Intelligence: We Will Avenge the Blood of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Martyrs

The Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran issued a statement on the occasion of the funeral ceremony of one of the country's leaders, declaring that the blood of this person and other victims described as "oppressed" will be avenged by the United States and Israel. The statement was released during the farewell and funeral proceedings and, based on media coverage, contains an emphasis on ending a certain "evil" from the region.

• The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence directly named the United States and Israel as the responsible parties in its statement.
• The statement emphasizes a commitment to retaliation and expresses this not only for one individual but for a group of victims.
• The funeral and farewell ceremony took place at a specific time when the Ministry of Intelligence's statement coincided with this event.
• Different government entities (the Ministry of Intelligence and other organizations present at the ceremony) released parallel statements conveying the same message.
• In some media accounts, emphasis was placed on the "permanent elimination" of a certain threat from the region.
• The statements were largely accompanied by opening invocations and religious quotations, indicating the formal and ceremonial nature of the statement.. Coverage difference: All twelve media outlets covered only the Ministry of Intelligence statement and are aligned in terms of the core message content (retaliation and its attribution to the United States and Israel); minor differences exist only in word choice, ordering, or inclusion of more expanded quotations from the statement. No foreign news sources, independent analysts, or differing viewpoints were present in these reports.