Iranian lawmakers advance bill to strengthen Armed Forces for confrontation with Zionists

On Sunday, the Parliament’s Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy approved the general outline of the legislation.

Committee spokesman Ebrahim Rezaei said the bill was endorsed during a meeting attended by officials from the Defense Ministry, the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the Army, and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

The bill, sponsored by Tehran representative Ali Khezrian, has garnered support from 120 lawmakers, Rezaei added.

During the session, Iran's deputy defense minister emphasized that the ministry is seeking expanded budgetary resources to meet the country’s defense requirements.

The legislation follows a 12-day war of aggression launched by Zionist regime last month, during which Iranian military and civilian sites were targeted in a series of airstrikes. The attacks resulted in the martyrdom of over 1,000 Iranians, including senior commanders and nuclear scientists.

In response, Iran launched Operation True Promise III, a sweeping counteroffensive that struck critical military, intelligence, and industrial infrastructure across the occupied territories.

The operation involved hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones, overwhelming Zionist regime’s anti-missile systems and causing extensive damage across Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Be’er Sheva.

The retaliatory strikes were followed by an Iranian missile strike against al-Udeid, a key US airbase in the region, after the US joined the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear facilities.

The Zionist regime was forced on June 24 to declare a unilateral halt to its aggression, which was announced on its behalf by the US president.