CDF Munir to attend joint meeting with Saudi defence, Turkish intelligence chiefs in Tehran: IRNA

Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Bagheri announced on Monday that senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey will travel to Tehran as part of efforts to implement the idea of "endogenous security" in West Asia, according to IRNA. In an interview carried by ISNA, he is reported to have said that Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman, Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir, and Turkish Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin will "attend a joint meeting during their trip to Tehran". Ali Bagheri, Deputy Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, announced that senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey will travel to Tehran as part of efforts to implement the idea of endogenous security in West Asia. pic.twitter.com/XU0ByEdsJv — IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) October 26, 2026 "Asim Munir had previously announced their meeting with the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council during his encounter with Lieutenant General Mohsen Rezaei." باقری: خالد بن سلمان وزیر دفاع عربستان، عاصم منیر فرمانده ارتش پاکستان و ابراهیم کالین رئیس دستگاه اطلاعاتی ترکیه در سفر به تهران در نشستی مشترک حضور خواهند داشت؛ عاصم منیر در دیدار با سرلشکر محسن رضایی از دیدار آنها با دبیر شورای عالی امنیت ملی خبر داده بود pic.twitter.com/HtOblyE5ta — خبرگزاری ایسنا (@isna_farsi) October 26, 2026 Israel’s Netanyahu clashes with army chief over Iran-linked operation ahead of election Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir clashed over a proposed military operation that could trigger fighting with Iran ahead of Israel’s election, Channel 12 reported on Sunday. Zamir requested a detailed discussion and signed legal authorisation from political leaders before carrying out their instructions, the broadcaster said. It did not disclose the nature of the operation. The report cited military concerns that the political leadership could exploit tensions with Iran for electoral gain before the October 27 parliamentary vote. A security official warned that the operation could rapidly escalate into a confrontation with Iran and lead to a miscalculation at a particularly sensitive time. Netanyahu denied any dispute with Zamir during an interview with Israel’s Channel 14 later Sunday. “There is no confrontation,” he said. Political officials also rejected the claim that the Iranian issue was being used for electoral purposes, according to Channel 12. In the same interview, Netanyahu said he had instructed the Mossad intelligence agency and the military to work toward toppling Iran’s government. Channel 12 did not establish whether the undisclosed operation was connected to those instructions. Netanyahu also claimed Iran had resumed its nuclear program and portrayed the election as a matter of Israel’s survival. Earlier Sunday, he posted an AI-generated image of a nuclear explosion over Tel Aviv alongside a warning about Iran obtaining nuclear weapons. Opposition party leaders Gadi Eisenkot and Yair Golan accused him of spreading fear and panic before the vote.