The Supreme Leader's Third Televised Address to the Iranian Nation Following the Zionist Regime's Aggression made on 26 June 2025 In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Greetings and abundant salutations to the dear and great nation of Iran. Firstly, I commemorate the precious martyrs of recent events; the martyred commanders, the martyred scientists, who were truly and honestly valuable to the Islamic Republic and served it. Today, before God Almighty, they are receiving the reward for their outstanding services, God willing. I find it necessary to congratulate the great nation of Iran. I offer several congratulations to the nation: Victory Over the Zionist Regime One congratulation is for the victory over the fake Zionist regime. The Zionist regime, with all its fanfare, with all its claims, was almost brought to its knees and crushed under the blows of the Islamic Republic. The thought that such blows could be inflicted upon the regime by the Islamic Republic never crossed their minds or imaginations, and yet it happened. We thank God for helping our armed forces, enabling them to penetrate their advanced multi-layered defenses and flatten many of their urban and military areas with their missiles and the powerful assault of their advanced weaponry! This is one of the greatest divine blessings; it demonstrates that the Zionist regime must understand that aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran will be costly for it, will incur a heavy cost for it. And by the grace of God, this happened; its glory belongs to our armed forces and our dear people who created these armed forces from within themselves, trained them, supported them, and strengthened their powerful hand to carry out such a great task. Victory Over the American Regime The second congratulation relates to the victory of our dear Iran over the American regime. The American regime entered a direct war because it felt that if it did not intervene, the Zionist regime would be completely annihilated. It entered the war to save it, but it gained nothing from this war. They attacked our nuclear facilities—which, of course, is independently subject to criminal prosecution in international courts—but they could not achieve anything significant. The American President (1) unusually exaggerated what had happened; it became clear that he needed this exaggeration. Anyone who heard those words understood that beneath the surface of these words lay another truth. They could not achieve their objective, and they exaggerate to cover up and conceal the truth. Here too, the Islamic Republic was victorious, and in return, the Islamic Republic dealt a strong slap to America's face; it attacked one of America's important bases in the region, Al-Udeid base, and inflicted damages. Those who had exaggerated in the previous incident tried to downplay this incident, saying nothing happened, while a great event had occurred. The fact that the Islamic Republic has access to important American centers in the region and can act against them whenever it deems necessary is not a small incident; it is a great incident, and this incident can be repeated in the future; if aggression occurs, the enemy's cost and the aggressor's cost will certainly be high. Unprecedented National Unity The third congratulation is for the extraordinary unity and solidarity of the Iranian nation. By the grace of God, a nation of approximately ninety million people, united, in one voice, shoulder to shoulder, standing together, without any difference in their demands and expressed objectives, stood, chanted slogans, spoke, supported the behavior of the armed forces, and it will remain so. The Iranian nation showed its nobility, its outstanding and distinguished personality in this matter, and demonstrated that when necessary, one voice will be heard from this nation, and by the grace of God, this happened. The Demand for Iran's Surrender The point I want to make as a fundamental aspect of my remarks is that the American President said in one of his statements and remarks that Iran must surrender. "Must surrender!" The discussion is no longer about enrichment, it's not about the nuclear industry, it's about Iran's surrender. Of course, this statement is too big for the American President's mouth. The magnificent Iran, Iran with this history, Iran with this culture, Iran with this steely national resolve, the word "surrender" for such a country is a source of ridicule for those who know the Iranian nation. However, his statement revealed a truth; Americans have been in conflict with Islamic Iran since the beginning of the revolution, clashing with it, and each time they have an excuse: sometimes it's human rights, sometimes it's defending democracy, sometimes it's women's rights, sometimes it's enrichment, sometimes it's the core nuclear issue, sometimes it's the missile development issue; they bring various excuses, but the essence of the matter is only one thing, and that is "Iran's surrender." The previous ones did not say this, because it is unacceptable; it is unacceptable in any human logic to tell a nation to surrender, so they hid it under other titles. This person revealed that truth, showed and made it clear that Americans are only satisfied with Iran's surrender and nothing less. And this is an important point! The Iranian nation should know that this is the reason for the confrontation with America, and Americans bear this great insult to the Iranian nation, and such an event will never happen; it will never happen. Iran's Strength and Pride The Iranian nation is a great nation, Iran is a strong and vast country, Iran has an ancient civilization; our cultural and civilizational wealth is hundreds of times greater than America and the like. For someone to expect Iran to surrender to another country, this is one of those absurd and incorrect statements that will certainly be a source of ridicule for wise and knowledgeable people. The Iranian nation is dear and will remain dear, it is victorious and will remain victorious by God's grace. And we hope that Almighty God will always protect this nation with honor and dignity under the shadow of His graces, elevate the ranks of the great Imam, and make Imam Mahdi (may our souls be sacrificed for him) pleased and satisfied with this nation, and may his help be the support of this nation.