Mohammad Saeedi, the Friday prayer leader of Qom, Iran, called on followers to chant the slogan "Allahu Akbar, Khamenei is the Leader" and warned that those who trespass will face severe consequences.

Mohammad Saeedi, the Friday prayer leader of Qom, Iran, called on followers to chant the slogan "Allahu Akbar, Khamenei is the Leader" and warned that those who trespass will face severe consequences.

Masoud Pezeshkian, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, stated that the December protests and the Iranian National Revolution were preventable, attributing participation to issues like unemployment, deprivation, and social factors affecting health. He previously described some of the fallen and injured as grappling with mental health disorders and social deprivations.
According to an unnamed U.S. official cited by NBC News, the Iranian government has launched several drones at commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz following an agreement with the U.S. to end the war; the U.S. military says it has neutralized these drones before they could threaten commercial or U.S. military personnel in the area.
Security sources report a drone attack on a camp of Kurdish groups opposed to the Islamic Republic in the eastern part of Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Additional details have not been provided.