Larijani: Hezbollah holds special place in hearts of Muslims
Iran’s top security official urges regional unity against Tel Aviv
Iran’s top security official called on regional countries on Saturday to put their difference aside and cooperate closely as they face what he billed “Israel’s conspiracies.”
Ali Larijani, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, spoke in Beirut where he arrived earlier Saturday to attend the first anniversary of Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon.
“Since my last visit to Beirut, many developments have taken place in the region, the behavior of the Zionist regime has become more evident to the nations, the words that Martyr Nasrallah spoke decades ago are today clear to everyone,” Larijani highlighted.
He also described Hezbollah as an authentic movement within the resistance front, stressing the importance of its effective political engagement to help improve the conditions of the Lebanese people. Larijani hailed the resistance as a strategic asset for the Islamic world, saying Hezbollah in particular stands as a powerful force against the Israeli regime. “Lebanon may be a small country, but it is strong in confronting Israel because of the determination that has taken root among its younger generations. Hezbollah holds a special place in the hearts of Muslims,” he added.
Amid Israel’s conspiracies, regional states should closely cooperate and even if there were disagreements they should put these disagreements aside, he said after a meeting with Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.
Referring to the Israel’s strike on Qatar earlier this month, Larijani said that, “Today, it has become evident to all that the Zionist regime shows no mercy to any country, the incident in Qatar clearly demonstrated this.”
On September 9, the Israeli regime attacked the headquarters of Hamas in Doha, while the resistance group’s leaders gathered to discuss the latest Gaza cease-fire proposal – an act Qatar slammed as “state terrorism.”
Top Hamas leadership survived the assassination bid, but six people were killed in the unprecedented bombing that sparked global condemnation.
Larijani also attended a ceremony in Beirut to commemorate Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah who was assassinated on the evening of September 27, 2024 by Israel in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Since the beginning of Isreal’s genocidal war on Gaza in 2023, the Lebanese resistance group launched attacks on Israel’s military positions inside the occupied territories in support of Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strips.