“Nasrallah is a martyr”, who is his heir. And Iran wants to send troops –

The death of Hasan Nasrallah in Israel’s raid on the southern outskirts of Berirut was ultimately also confirmed by Hezbollah which mourns its leader and calls for jihad against the enemy, while choosing his successor. A conflict that seems to spread to the entire region with Iran announcing that it is preparing to send troops to Lebanon. The main Arabic-language media report a note from the Lebanese organization supported by Iran: “The leadership of Hezbollah is committed to continuing the jihad against the enemy, in support of Gaza and Palestine and in defense of Lebanon”, reports the Shia organization. In the statement read live on al-Manar TV, Hezbollah announced that “the leader of the resistance” Nasrallah “has moved to the side of his Lord as a great martyr”.

Nasrallah had been Hezbollah’s charismatic leader since 1992, when he succeeded Abbas Moussaoui, who was assassinated by Israel. Since then, he had managed to transform Hezbollah, armed and financed by Iran, into a political force represented in Parliament and the government. At the same time, he developed his group’s arsenal, which, according to his claims, had 100 thousand fighters and powerful weapons, including high-precision missiles. The successor will probably be Hashem Safieddine, who has long been considered among the leader’s possible heirs. He may soon be announced as Hezbollah’s new secretary general, three senior Israeli defense officials reported, quoted by the New York Times. Safieddine, 59, has long been considered Nasrallah’s “right-hand man”, a discreet but powerful man responsible for Hezbollah’s financial and organizational administration. Although he was not a prominent public face, he played a crucial role in the internal management of the party, leaving the strategic and political leadership to his older cousin. Safieddine’s influence is not limited to Lebanon, but also extends to Iran, where he spent years studying in Qom, the nerve center of Shia religious education. His close ties with Tehran were further consolidated in 2020, when his son Rida married Zainab Soleimani, daughter of General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force who was killed in a US strike.

We were talking about Tehran’s role. Well, a member of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Mohammad Hassan Akhtari, has announced that in the next few days Tehran will begin registering for the sending of troops to Lebanon and the Syrian side of the Golan Heights. “We can send troops to Lebanon to fight against Israel, just like we did in 1981,” Akhtari, head of the Committee for Iran’s Support for the Palestinian People, affiliated with the Iranian presidential office, told NBC. “The killing of defenseless civilians in Lebanon on the one hand has once again revealed to everyone the savage nature of the rabid Zionists, on the other hand it has demonstrated how short-sighted and foolish the policies of the leaders of the occupying regime are,” the statement said in a statement. Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, after the announcement of the Israeli forces on the death of Nasrallah.