Iranian leader Khamenei called on Lebanese Muslims to help fight Israel

The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, today called on all Muslims to stand up for the people of Lebanon and the “proud Hezbollah” and help in every way available in the matter with the “regime false”, by which he meant Israel.

Iran’s top democracy official made the comments in response to Israel’s announcement that an airstrike in Beirut on Friday killed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese Shiite militant movement that receives support from Iran, including military aid. Hezbollah later confirmed the death of its leader.

“The fate of this region will be decided by the defense forces led by Hezbollah,” Khamenei said, according to Iranian state media, as cited by Reuters. “All the defense forces in the region are stand by Hezbollah and support it,” he said, referring to other Tehran-backed armed groups in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq and Yemen, which share a hatred of Israel and influence of the United States in the region.

Reuters, citing its sources in the region, said earlier that Khamenei had been moved to a secure location inside Iran and that Tehran was in regular contact with Hezbollah and other allied groups with whom it was consulting. about the course of action. Israel’s army chief warned today after announcing the death of Nasrallah that Israel will catch up with anyone who threatens the Jewish state or its citizens.

Nasrallah’s death was announced this morning by the Israeli army, which said it killed him along with several military commandos in an airstrike on the movement’s headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Friday. According to the latest balance sheet of the Lebanese authorities, at least 11 people died in the flight and another hundred were injured.