Khamenei says Hezbollah's fight 'vital service to entire region'

W460

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered remarks in Arabic in a rare Friday sermon after the Farsi-speaking Islamic republic had launched a missile attack on foe Israel.

During the sermon at a mosque in Tehran, Khamenei hailed Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah and Hamas, which are both fighting Israel and operate in Arabic-speaking Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, respectively.

Khamenei said that Tehran-aligned armed groups "will not back down" even after a spate of Israeli killings of militant leaders.

"The resistance in the region will not back down with these martyrdoms, and will win," said Khamenei.

Khamenei had a rifle by his side as he addressed worshippers in Tehran.

He delivered the sermon -- his first in nearly five years - to thousands of worshippers carrying portraits of slain leaders of Iran's "axis of resistance" against Israel and the United States.

Khamenei said Friday that Iran's Lebanese ally Hezbollah was providing a "vital service to the entire region" by fighting Israel.

"Hezbollah ... by defending Gaza, fighting for (Jerusalem's) Al-Aqsa Mosque and hitting the usurping and tyrannical regime (Israel), took a step (in providing) a vital service to the entire region and the entire Islamic world," Khamenei said.

Comments 2
Missing phillipo 05 October 2024, 09:57

So why aren't the Government of the Republic of Lebanon, the LAF as well as the Druze, Christian and sane Moslem citizens of the republic doing anything about it?

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 05 October 2024, 10:14

Solomo ... Have some shame and disappear for a while.