Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced on Saturday that Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, had died and that other militants would continue his fight against Israel.
“Nasrallah was not a single person.” The statement, which was read aloud on state television and included an announcement of five days of mourning in Iran, said, “He was a path and a school of thought, and the path will be continued.”
“The blood of the martyr shall not go unavenged,” he stated.
Following the Israeli army’s claim that it had killed Nasrallah, Khamenei said in a statement earlier that “the forces of resistance, with Hezbollah at the forefront, will determine the fate of this region.”
Iranian media reported that General Abbas Nilforoushan, a deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, died “next to Nasrallah” in the Israeli strikes on south Beirut on Friday, following Hezbollah’s confirmation of Nasrallah’s death.
President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran accused the US, which has long provided Israel with cutting-edge weaponry, of having contributed to Nasrallah’s death.
Pezeshkian stated in a statement aired by state media, “The Americans cannot deny their complicity with the Zionists.”
In a post on X, Nasser Kanaani, the spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry, promised that Nasrallah’s “path will be continued and his holy goal will be realised in the liberation of Jerusalem.”.
As this was going on, two Iranian-briefed regional officials informed Reuters that Khamenei had been moved to a safe haven inside the nation with stricter security protocols.
According to the sources, Iran was in regular communication with Hezbollah in Lebanon and other regional proxy organizations to decide what to do following Nasrallah’s death.
