Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed to continue ‘resistance’ against Israel during the last rites of Lebanese leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut. Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike on September 27, 2024. 

In a statement published on his official website, Khamenei said, “The enemy should know that resistance against oppression and arrogance will continue until the desired target is achieved.” 

Thousands of supporters gathered in Beirut to attend the funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and his successor Hashem Safieddine, who was assassinated in a separate strike. 

Khamenei said that Nasrallah was a “great Mujahid and prominent’ leader and Safieddine was a close confidant. 

Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said the fight against “oppression” will continue. According to reports, Nasrallah’s funeral was broadcast live in Iran. 

Araghchi wrote on X, “Proud and honored to have joined hundreds of thousands of mourners today in Beirut to bid farewell to Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. A sea of Lebanese, young and enthusiastic, filled the stadium and its surroundings, to pay their respects to a great leader of the Resistance.

I also witnessed, with my own eyes, the violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty by Israeli jets that flew close above our heads, in a pitiful attempt to terrify people who gathered only to mourn. If that is not an act of terror, then what is? The violation only emboldened people in the stadium to shout against Israel even stronger and louder. Israelis never learn their lesson.”