Iran’s vice president says patience toward Israel ‘meaningless’ after strikes

Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber issued a statement Friday denouncing Israel’s airstrikes on Iranian territory, calling the attack a “criminal act” and declaring that “restraint in the face of a bloodthirsty regime has no meaning.”

In the message, Mokhber, a top adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, referred to the deaths of Iranian commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians as “another bitter event” added to a turbulent month. “The child-killing regime once again showed that crime is in its nature,” he said.

Mokhber added that Israel’s actions, and what he described as the West’s silence, proved that “dialogue and logic are just a deceptive surface".

“Their assumption that martyring our scientists will stop Iran’s progress is a grave mistake,” he wrote. “Martyrdom does not weaken our resolve—it clarifies the path and brings the goal closer.”

“Our weapon is faith and trust in God—no missile shield can counter that,” Mokhber said, vowing that Iran would press forward under the leadership of the Supreme Leader and national unity.