Iranian Deputy FM Saeed Khatibzadeh: All-Out War? Iran Says It’s Ready for Any Attack

Iranian Deputy FM Khatibzadeh states the June 13th aggression was a 'very delicate, coordinated assassination operation' by Israelis and Americans, targeting off-duty commanders with their families. He insists it required months of planning, with evidence pointing to CIA and Mossad collaboration. He further alleges that preceding negotiations, including those in Oslo and a planned meeting in Oman, were a 'theater' or 'conspiracy' by the US to create a false sense of security, as President Trump later admitted involvement in the operation.

Khatibzadeh describes being in Oslo for nuclear negotiations hours before the attack, planning a breakthrough with the US. He recounts being woken at 3 AM by his wife as the aggression began. He states, 'CIA and Mossad were all together in data collecting, in planning, and also in operation of assassinating our off-duty commanders.' He also notes, 'President Trump accepted himself that he was part of this operation.'

Khatibzadeh challenges the notion of Iranian counterintelligence failure, framing the June 13th event as 'our September 11th moment.' He claims that while Israel (labeled 'the best assassin of the world') successfully targeted generals, Iran's core intelligence apparatus remained untouched. He details how Iran, despite lacking military satellites and facing Israeli data manipulation, effectively targeted and destroyed Israeli intelligence and military headquarters during 'True Promise one and True Promise two,' demonstrating deep penetration into 'occupied territory' (Israel).

Khatibzadeh highlights that 'the intelligence apparatus of Iran was very much remained untouched. They tried to attack the minister of intelligence of Iran. They badly failed.' He further explains, 'How Iran could not only target, but efficiently target and demolish and destroy many many important headquarters, intelligence, and military headquarters in occupied Palestine.'

The Deputy FM asserts that Iran achieved a '100% penetration rate' with its pinpointing missiles during the conflict, despite facing a multi-layered defense system. He describes Israel's seven-plus interception systems, including three layers in Israel, US-installed systems, NATO members' contributions, and a 5,000 km range radar in the Persian Gulf providing 8-12 minutes of warning. He cites an example on day seven where a single Iranian missile, launched after a period of calm, successfully hit its target, sending a clear message of Iran's capability.

Khatibzadeh states, 'It was 100% penetration rate because... when we wanted to hit, wherever whenever, we could we could do that.' He describes the day seven incident: 'Iran just launched one missile and gave them all the opportunity to intercept that for between 8 to 12 minutes... They couldn't do that. And that missile not only heated the the target but also demolished and and and the wave was was detected in many surrounding countries.'

Khatibzadeh dismisses the aggression as a 'total strategic failure' for any regime change objectives. He refutes the 'mis-argument' that Iran was on the verge of collapse and its people would revolt. Instead, he highlights an 'unexpected level of unity' among the Iranian nation during the war, with Iranians abroad actively seeking to return and defend their country, contrasting this with reports of Israelis fleeing. He points to the shift from Trump's 'unconditional surrender' demand to a request for 'unconditional ceasefire' as proof of Iran's successful defense.

Khatibzadeh states, 'during the war there was no even one voice of opposition and there was a very huge unity among the nation to the extent that even me as a as a as a professor of political science I was not I was not expecting that level of unity.' He adds, 'many Israelis were buying 20,000 dollars worth of ticket to just flee from Israel.'