Leader: Iran standing stronger despite loss of resistance figures
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the Islamic Republic is more powerful than the last year despite the loss of leaders of the resistance front.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with a group of Iranian university students in Tehran on Wednesday.
“Since last year, when this meeting was held, until this year, various events have occurred. Last year, we had a different situation. Last year, when we had a meeting with you students, Martyr Raisi was alive, Martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, may God be pleased with him, was with us, Martyr Haniyeh, Martyr Safi al-Din, Martyr Sinwar, Martyr Dhaif, and several other prominent revolutionary figures were among us or with us, but they are not here this year,” the Leader said.
He referred to the assassination of the valuable leaders of the resistance movements by the Israeli regime and the death of the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in May as a great loss for the Islamic Republic.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that enemies and rivals of the Islamic Republic have had wrong perception of the events, but this year the Islamic Republic is stronger than last year in some issues.
The Leader said that the events that occurred in the West Asia region are painful. But, the Islamic Republic is continuing its growth and progress.
During Israel’s brutal war on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon since October 2023, the regime has assassinated a number of the leaders and top commanders of the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance groups. Western countries consider the assassinations as a decisive blow to the ‘Axis of Resistance’ which the Islamic Republic supports it.