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📰 3 sources 3 articles · 19 Oct 2026, 11:43 → 25 days ago

Adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader: Israel cannot act without direct US support

Mohammad Mokhber, an adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader, said Israel is entirely incapable of doing anything on its own without direct US support, describing the belief that it is independent of the US decision as "a joke". The remarks included references to European countries and NATO siding with Washington, the share of declared war objectives not achieved, and the continued presence of a proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz amid disrupted navigation there.

📍 Where things stand: The remarks remain a declared position by an Iranian official amid continued talk of a proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz and disrupted navigation there, with no subsequent field development reported in the available coverage.

⏱️ Timeline

  1. 19 Oct 2026, 11:43 An adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Israel is incapable of doing anything without US support, in remarks carried by Al Arabiya within the recurring Iranian discourse pointing to Israel's reliance on Washington in its military and political moves.
  2. 19 Oct 2026, 12:37 Mohammad Mokhber, adviser and assistant to Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, said Israel is entirely incapable of doing anything alone without direct US support, and that the belief it is independent of the US decision is "a joke". He added that European countries and NATO entered the war alongside Washington against Iran, and that only about 10% of the declared war objectives have not been achieved, amid talk that the proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz remains on the table and that navigation in the strait has been disrupted since US-Israeli strikes.
  3. 19 Oct 2026, 15:38 Mohammad Mokhber, adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, indicated that US and British bases had been placed at American disposal, repeating that European countries and NATO engaged alongside Washington against Iran and that only about 10% of the declared war objectives against his country have not been achieved, describing the belief that Israel is an entity independent of the US decision as "a joke".
Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

⚠️ Sources disagree

Identity of the Iranian Supreme Leader whom Mokhber advises
  • Adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei according to العربية
  • Adviser and assistant to Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei according to Elsiyasa
  • Adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei according to زاكروس عربية
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How the sources covered it

اكتفت العربية بالتركيز على الجملة الأساسية بأن إسرائيل عاجزة من دون الدعم الأميركي دون تسمية المتحدث أو التوسع في تفاصيل الحرب، بينما نقلت السيّاسة وزاكروس عربية التصريحات باسم محمد مخبر وأضافتا تفاصيل عن انخراط دول أوروبية والناتو ونسبة أهداف الحرب ومضيق هرمز، وخصّ زاكروس عربية بالذكر أن القواعد الأميركية والبريطانية وُضعت تحت التصرف الأميركي.

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العربيةElsiyasaزاكروس عربية

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