Iran’s demand for an emergency meeting of the Security Council after the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah

Iran in Lebanon Israeli airstrikes i Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah Protesting the killing of United Nations Security Council An emergency meeting has been called.

According to the French news agency AFP, Iran has made this demand in a letter written to the Security Council.

Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeed Erwani, called on the Security Council in the letter to “take immediate and decisive action to stop Israel’s ongoing aggression and prevent the region from being dragged into full-scale war.”

On Saturday, Hezbollah confirmed that Hassan Nasrallah had been killed in an Israeli strike in Beirut. Hezbollah has expressed its determination to continue the war against Israel.

Hezbollah said in a statement that “Secretary General of Hezbollah, Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, has gone to be with his great, immortal comrades, the martyrs whom he led for 30 years.”

Earlier, the Israeli army claimed that Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an attack in Beirut yesterday.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that the killing of Hassan Nasrallah will be avenged.

According to Reuters, in a statement read out on state television, Ayatollah Khamenei said ‘Hasan Nasrallah was not the only person. They were a path and an ideology and that path will continue.’

According to Iran’s official media, Khamenei previously said in a statement that “the destiny of this region will be in the hands of resistance forces, among which Hezbollah is at the forefront.”

Iranian President Masoud al-Mabdishian blamed the United States, which has long supplied Israel with advanced weapons, for Nasrallah’s assassination.

12 killed in airstrike in Syria

The World Organization Wise Monitor has said on Sunday that the Eastern the evening At least 12 pro-Iran fighters have been killed in unidentified airstrikes. According to the organization, a large number of people have also been injured in this attack.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 12 pro-Iranian fighters were killed in unidentified airstrikes in Deir al-Zor city and parts east of it, as well as in the Bokmal area near the border with Iraq.

No country or organization immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, according to War Monitor.

Five of the attacks targeted military bases near Deir Ezzor airport, the organization added.

Iran has provided military aid to Syria since the civil war began in 2011, while Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes targeting pro-Iranian groups in eastern Syria.

The US has also targeted such groups in eastern Syria in the past.

Israeli officials rarely comment on such strikes in Syria, but Tel Aviv has repeatedly said it will not allow arch-enemy Iran to expand its presence there.

Israel has recently launched a heavy bombing campaign against Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, raising fears of a regional war.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Israeli army has also repeatedly targeted the arms supply routes of pro-Iranian groups on the border between Syria and Lebanon.


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2024-09-29 16:06:24

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