The operation, which was announced August 24, aims to cut Tehran's funding for the war, missile construction, cyberattacks, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Later on Wednesday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-run Fars News Agency reported that the regime is operating on the assumption that a US-Israeli attack is a "certainty."
Khamenei has not been seen in public since late February, when he reportedly went into hiding after joint US-Israel strikes killed his father, former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
This comes after Iran has targeted the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), Komala, and Khabat groups in recent weeks, and is also pressing Iraq to expel Kurdish Iranian opposition groups.
Iraq is in the spotlight because Iran continues to pressure Iraq to expel Kurdish Iranian opposition groups. The US is pressuring Iraq to rein in Iranian-backed militias.
The military had prepared for a multi-day operation to take place on the weekend of October 10 that would have targeted civilian infrastructure, nuclear facilities, and regime targets.
US military strike reportedly caused explosions heard in Iran's Sirik port • Dozens of IAF jets, refueling aircraft flew "as far as the Iranian border" in practice exercise
Iran says Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthis have not responded to its offer to broker peace talks, as Tehran warns that Egyptian intervention could further escalate the conflict.
Munir's first meeting on Tuesday was with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.
On Tuesday, Netanyahu described the Iranian regime as "so fanatical" that it will continue its nuclear ambitions and attempt to rebuild its terror proxy axis "as long as it lives."
Tehran analyst Saeed Leylaz said that, by prolonging the talks, "Iran is influencing the US election without taking any unlawful action."
