In the three-hour window, two of 34 watched channels carried three linked statements attributed to Brigadier Majid Ibn al-Ridha, whom the posts identified as acting defense minister without specifying the government. Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) and Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) said he treated pressure on livelihoods and security as part of war and said expanded pressure would produce an expanded response in defense of the Iranian people; no target, method, or timetable was named.
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official25 Aug, 14:21
“Any pressure targeting the people’s livelihood and security, we consider part of the war; the people’s economy, comfort and welfare, alongside their security, are part of the defensive domain for us; whoever expands the scope of pressure should know that we will also expand this scope within the framework of national interests to defend the Iranian people.”
أي ضغط يستهدف معيشة الشعب وأمنه نعتبره جزءاً من الحرب؛ اقتصاد الشعب وراحته ورفاهيته إلى جانب أمنه بالنسبة لنا جزء من المجال الدفاعي؛ على من يوسع نطاق الضغط أن يعلم أننا سنوسع هذا النطاق أيضاً في إطار المصالح الوطنية للدفاع عن الشعب الإيراني
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official25 Aug, 14:22
“Any pressure targeting the people’s livelihood and security, we consider part of the war; the people’s economy, comfort and welfare, alongside their security, are part of the defensive domain for us; whoever expands the scope of pressure should know that we will also expand this scope within the framework of national interests to defend the Iranian people.”
أي ضغط يستهدف معيشة الشعب وأمنه نعتبره جزءاً من الحرب؛ اقتصاد الشعب وراحته ورفاهيته إلى جانب أمنه بالنسبة لنا جزء من المجال الدفاعي؛ على من يوسع نطاق الضغط أن يعلم أننا سنوسع هذا النطاق أيضاً في إطار المصالح الوطنية للدفاع عن الشعب الإيراني
The cross-channel carriage broadened Iraqi militia-media exposure to explicit reciprocal-expansion language while preserving the same foreign-speaker attribution and leaving the prospective response undefined.