Mohammad Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, hailed the 100th day of a "national jihad" against the U.S. and Israel on Tuesday.

The statement underscores the Iranian leadership's framing of recent hostilities as an existential struggle. By characterizing the period as a organized jihad, the parliament speaker is signaling a state of high mobilization and ideological resistance to foreign military pressure.

Ghalibaf said the effort was necessary to preserve the lifeblood of Iran. He described the actions of the U.S. and Israel as those of "ferocious wolves" and said that the national response had pulled the country from their jaws [1, 2].

According to the speaker, the national jihad rose up to protect the country during a period of aggression [1, 2]. He marked the occasion as the 100th day [1] since the start of the U.S.-Israel attack, praising the resistance that emerged during that timeframe [2].

"One hundred days have passed since the national jihad that rose up to preserve the lifeblood of Iran," Ghalibaf said [1, 2].

The speaker made these remarks within the Iranian Parliament, emphasizing the legislative body's support for the ongoing confrontation. He framed the 100-day milestone not merely as a temporal marker, but as a victory of national endurance over external threats [2].

“"One hundred days have passed since the national jihad that rose up to preserve the lifeblood of Iran."”

The use of the term "national jihad" by a high-ranking official like Ghalibaf suggests that Iran is consolidating its internal narrative around a theme of survival and religious duty. By framing the conflict as a 100-day struggle against "ferocious wolves," the Iranian government is likely attempting to justify stringent domestic security measures and maintain public support for a confrontational foreign policy toward the U.S. and Israel.