The ministry issued its statement on Wednesday, extending condolences over the martyrdom of Saffiedine and his companions in a “criminal attack” by the Zionist regime, which the ministry strongly condemned as an “unforgivable crime”.
The statement published on the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s website is as followed:
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
The Iranian Foreign Ministry offers condolences and congratulations on the martyrdom of Hojjatol Eslam Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, head of Hezbollah's Executive Council, and a group of his companions during a criminal attack by the Zionist regime to the Imam of Age (PBUH), the Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution, the zealous and resistant nations of Lebanon and Palestine, as well as other Muslim and free nations around the world, the leaders and fighters of the Hezbollah movement and the dear family of that noble martyr.
Martyr Sayyed Hashem Safieddine was one of the leaders and founders of the Lebanese resistance and among the close and loyal companions of Martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who spent his whole honorable life pursuing the freedom of holy al-Quds and the defense of Lebanon's honor and territorial integrity against the aggression and crimes of the Zionist occupation regime, and he was finally martyred on this holy path.
The Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran also strongly condemns this unforgivable crime committed by the Zionists and emphasizes the direct complicity of the US government and other governments supporting the occupying regime in this crime.
Without a doubt, the martyrdom of the leaders of the resistance will not weaken an iota the determination, faith and will of their leaders, the zealous fighters of the resistance front, and the free Muslim nations of the region to fight against the occupation, oppression and aggression of the Zionist regime until the end of the sinister phenomenon of the Zionist occupation and the realization of the rights of the Palestinian people and the region's nations, especially the fundamental right to self-determination.
4194*4399