Rezaei invokes Shapur I Replies to Athens rhetoric

Oct 9

The presenter reads a social-media post by national security council secretary Mohsen Rezaei. He says those he describes as defeated by Iran should remember the Roman emperor kneeling before Shapur I when invoking history and constructing a civilizational-war narrative in Athens. He warns that history could repeat. This is his rhetorical response, not a new military action.

Rezaei responds on social media to defeated adversaries going to Athens to frame a civilizational war, invoking the Roman emperor kneeling before Shapur I and warning that those invoking history should be prepared for its repetition. This is his historical rebuke, not an announced military operation. IRINN's October 10 editorial and fuller social-reaction feature retell this October 9 response, identifying Mohsen Rezaei and invoking Roman emperor Valerian's capture and kneeling before Shapur/Iran. They place his warning among reactions defending Iranian identity. The reply remains a historical public rebuke, without an announced new military operation or independently verified outcome.