Iran's war with Israel is only paused, (iranian intelligence chief)

as a new phase of an ongoing war, the intelligence chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday, as Iran's security establishment doubles down on confrontational rhetoric toward its arch-nemesis.

A June 24 ceasefire ended a surprise 12-day Israeli military campaign which killed hundreds of Iranian military commanders, nuclear scientists and civilians. 29 Israeli civilians were killed in Iranian counterattacks.

“The war has not ended. We are in a state of temporary pause,” Brigadier General Majid Khademi said in a speech marking the 40th-day memorial ceremony in Mashhad for his predecessor, Mohammad Kazemi, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict.

“The enemy is conducting cognitive operations, intelligence warfare and psychological attacks, pinning its hopes on creating internal crises. Therefore, the people and officials must enter the field with vigilance,” he added.

On June 13, Israel commenced heavy bombing of Iran’s nuclear and military sites in a conflict capped off by US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, before a US-brokered ceasefire took effect on June 24.

Among those killed during the war were several senior military leaders, including Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammad Bagheri, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander Hossein Salami, IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh and IRGC Deputy for Operations Mehdi Rabbani.

Tasnim, a news outlet affiliated with the IRGC, on Thursday published a lengthy article saying Iran's repaired air defenses and intact missile stocks could wreak even more damage on Israel in a renewed conflict.