On March 16, 2026, Israeli attacks in Tehran killed Ismail Ahmadi, deputy commander of the Basij and head of its intelligence section, and Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the Basij force. Ahmadi was later buried in Ab-pakhsh, Bushehr Province.

On March 16, 2026, Israeli attacks in Tehran killed Ismail Ahmadi, deputy commander of the Basij and head of its intelligence section, and Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the Basij force. Ahmadi was later buried in Ab-pakhsh, Bushehr Province.

Mohsen Rezaei, the military advisor to Mojtaba Khamenei and former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, stated on Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting that the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's regional authority must not be weakened, warning of severe responses to any enemy actions to maintain deterrence for the next 50 years.
Iranianzi, którzy po masakrze protestów w dniu 1404 Dey (grudzień 2021) szukali pomocy u byłego prezydenta Stanów Zjednoczonych Donalda Trumpa, twierdzą, że nie stracili nadziei, niezależnie od zmian politycznych i ostatnich wydarzeń. Farshad Matouji, członek zarządu redakcyjnego Iran International, omawia to nadal panujące nastawienie w artykule otytakim "Payvasteh".