The supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khameneideclared this Friday that the massive missile attack on Israel of that same week was “the least of punishments for Israeli aggression.” This was said during a collective prayer in commemoration of the murdered leader of the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah.
“What our military forces have done is the least punishment for the aggression of the Israeli regime,” declared Iran’s highest political and religious authority at the Imam Khomeini Mosque in Tehran, where thousands of people gathered. faithful. “The action of our armed forces two or three nights ago It was a legal act“Khamenei defended himself, referring to the attack with nearly 200 missiles Tuesday evening against Israeli territory.
“Every blow to the Zionist regime is a service to all humanity“, declared the cleric, who stressed that “each nation has the right to defend its country and its territory against the aggressor”, in reference to the assassinations of Nasrallah and an Iranian general during Israeli attacks in Beirut last Saturday , and the leader of Hamas politician, Ismail Haniyehlast July in Tehran.
“Hezbollah and its heroic and martyred leader are the essence of Lebanon’s historical virtues and identity,” he said in turn about the Lebanese group, one of Iran’s main allies in the region. Furthermore, Khamenei called on the Muslim world to unite against the enemy. “The policy of the Quran is that Muslim nations must be united,” he said, emphasizing that “the enemy is. Iran is the enemy of Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, Syria and Yemen.
He also emphasized USA blamed for tensions in the Middle East, accusing Washington of search for “control of the region’s resources” through the Israeli regime”. In turn, he reiterated that Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 was legitimate: “The Al-Aqsa storm was a legal and international measure and a legitimate right of the Palestinians,” he said. he declared, emphasizing that they have “the right to confront any enemy who has destroyed their homes and their lives.”
After the speech, Khamenei addressed his first collective Friday prayer since 2020when he did so after the death of Qasem Soleimani, former general at the head of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), assassinated by the United States in Iraq.
Tuesday’s attack was Iran’s second missile attackagainst Israel since last April attacked its territory for the first time with another round of missile and drone bombardments in response to the death of seven soldiers at the consulate Iranian in Damascus. After this week’s attack, Israel assured it would respondto which Iran in turn declared that it would respond with more force.
