Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei mentioned on Saturday the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah can be avenged and his path in combating Israel can be continued by different militants.
“(Nasrallah) was not a person. He was a path and a college of thought and the trail can be continued,” Ayatollah Khamenei mentioned in an announcement learn on state tv wherein he introduced 5 days of mourning in Iran.
“The blood of the martyr shall not go unavenged,” he mentioned.
Khamenei, in an earlier assertion issued after the Israeli military mentioned it had killed Nasrallah, mentioned: “The destiny of this area can be decided by the forces of resistance, with Hezbollah on the forefront,” state media reported.
After Hezbollah confirmed Nasrallah’s loss of life, Iranian media reported that Common Abbas Nilforoushan, a deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, had died “subsequent to Nasrallah” within the Israeli strikes on south Beirut on Friday.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blamed Nasrallah’s killing partly on the US, which has lengthy equipped Israel with superior weapons.
“The Individuals can not deny their complicity with the Zionists,” Pezeshkian mentioned in an announcement carried by state media.
Iranian overseas ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani vowed in a publish on X that Nasrallah’s “path can be continued and his holy aim can be realised within the liberation of Jerusalem”.
In the meantime, two regional officers briefed by Tehran advised Reuters that Khamenei has been transferred to a safe location contained in the nation with heightened safety measures in place.
The sources mentioned Iran was in fixed contact with Lebanon’s Hezbollah and different regional proxy teams to find out the following step after the killing of Nasrallah.