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NKorea Vows 'Total Destruction' of Enemy on Korean War Anniversary

HANDOUT - 28 July 2024, North Korea, Pyongyang: A photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 28 July 2024 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un placing a flower at the base of the Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War, during celebrations to mark the 71st anniversary of the end of the Korean War. Photo: KCNA/dpa
HANDOUT - 28 July 2024, North Korea, Pyongyang: A photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 28 July 2024 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un placing a flower at the base of the Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War, during celebrations to mark the 71st anniversary of the end of the Korean War. Photo: KCNA/dpa
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NKorea Vows 'Total Destruction' of Enemy on Korean War Anniversary

HANDOUT - 28 July 2024, North Korea, Pyongyang: A photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 28 July 2024 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un placing a flower at the base of the Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War, during celebrations to mark the 71st anniversary of the end of the Korean War. Photo: KCNA/dpa
HANDOUT - 28 July 2024, North Korea, Pyongyang: A photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 28 July 2024 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un placing a flower at the base of the Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War, during celebrations to mark the 71st anniversary of the end of the Korean War. Photo: KCNA/dpa

North Korea vowed to "totally destroy" its enemies in case of war when leader Kim Jong Un gives an order, state media KCNA reported on Sunday.
Senior military officials including Army Colonel Ri Un Ryong and Navy Lieutenant Commander Yu Kyong Song made the comments "out of surging hatred" towards the US and South Korea at a meeting on Saturday attended by Kim to celebrate the 71st Korean War armistice anniversary, according to KCNA.
North Korea and the United States do not have diplomatic ties and talks over reducing tensions and denuclearizing North Korea have been stalled since 2019. North Korea's state media recently said it doesn't expect that to change no matter who is next elected in the White House.
While accusing the US and South Korea of "being hell-bent on provoking a nuclear war," the military officials vowed to strengthen war efficiency to stage an "overwhelming attack on the enemy anytime and without delay and totally destroy them once the respected Supreme Commander Kim Jong Un gives an order."
North Korea signed an armistice agreement with the United States and China on July 27, 1953 ending hostilities in the three-year war. US generals signed the agreement representing the United Nations forces that backed South Korea.
North Korea calls July 27 "Victory Day" while South Korea does not mark the day with any major events.

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Iran: Khamenei to Endorse Pezeshkian’s Decree on Sunday

Masoud Pezeshkian in an interview with the website of the Supreme Leader’s office
Masoud Pezeshkian in an interview with the website of the Supreme Leader’s office
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Iran: Khamenei to Endorse Pezeshkian’s Decree on Sunday

Masoud Pezeshkian in an interview with the website of the Supreme Leader’s office
Masoud Pezeshkian in an interview with the website of the Supreme Leader’s office

The presidential decree of Masoud Pezeshkian will be endorsed by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a ceremony on Sunday, while reports said the newly-elected president is close to announcing his new ministers.

“The endorsement ceremony is scheduled to be held at 10:00 am local time at Imam Khomeini Hussainia,” the Mehr news agency reported on Saturday.

It said Iranian high-ranking authorities, military officials, a group of the country's academics, families of martyrs, and the envoys of different states to Tehran would attend the ceremony.

“The presidential decree of the newly-elected president will be endorsed by Khamenei,” the news agency added.

During the event, the Interior Minister will present a report on the process of conducting the first and second rounds of the fourteenth presidential elections.

After reading the mandate to endorse the elected president and a speech by Pezeshkian, Iran’s Supreme Leader will address the audience, according to Mehr.

Iranian websites published a photo of the presidential decree. Once the endorsement ceremony ends, the new President will head to parliament to take the constitutional oath.

According to Iran’s Constitution, the President should recite the following, “As President of the Republic I take an oath, before this glorious Quran and the Iranian nation, on God the exalted and the powerful, that I will guard the official religion of the country, the order of the Islamic Republic, and the constitution. I will employ all of my capabilities and qualifications toward fulfilling the responsibilities that I have undertaken. I will devote myself to the service of the people and the advancement of the country, dissemination of religion and morality, and protection of truth and justice.”

The new president then has two weeks to present his program and his government lineup to the Iranian parliament.

Last Friday, Pezeshkian said he would follow Khamenei’s guidance.

In an interview with the website of the Supreme Leader’s office, he stated that he is working in close coordination and consultation with Khamenei in preparing his cabinet nominations.

National Unity

Pezeshkian then claimed he is seeking to form a government of national unity.

Iranian media said the newly-elected President told a group of his campaign officials that political figures are all trying to hold meetings with him while he is working on choosing his cabinet.