No solution to the ongoing tension between America and Iran was found even in Muscat’s talks with Oman. After the continuous threats of US President Donald Trump, the Middle East seems to be entangled in war once again. Meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei did not participate in the 37-year-old annual meeting of Air Force commanders for the first time. Every year this meeting is held on 8 February.

Khamenei broke 37 years old tradition

According to the report of Iran International, Khamenei has been participating in this annual meeting of the Air Force every year since assuming power in 1989. Even when the world was in turmoil due to the Corona epidemic, Khamenei attended this meeting. The day marks the anniversary of 8 February 1979, when a group of Iranian Air Force fighters were part of Ruhollah Khomeini’s pledge to overthrow the Pahlavi dynasty. Before Khamenei, Khomeini was the Supreme Leader of Iran.

Danger of American attack looms on Iran

For the past four decades, February 8 has become a symbolic event, when Air Force personnel and commanders meet with Iran’s religious leadership every year on this date. The report claims that this year, instead of Khamenei, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Abdolrahim Mousavi met the commanders of the Army and Air Force. Khamenei’s absence from the Iranian Air Force comes at a time when the US has increased its military presence in the region and the threat of a possible military attack on Iran looms.

Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Trump

It was told by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office that Benjamin Netanyahu will go to Washington on Wednesday (11 February 2026). There he will discuss the talks between Iran and America with US President Donald Trump. According to the statement, Netanyahu believes that talks with Iran must include the condition of banning ballistic missiles and ending the support given by Iran to its allied groups.

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