‘Passive silence’: Qalibaf says Nasrallah assassination result of world’s inaction on Israel

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says the “cowardly” Israeli assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, is a result of the international community’s silence.

In a message to Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf offered his condolences over the martyrdom of Nasrallah, the “brave” leader of Hezbollah in a “spiteful” Israeli attack on a Beirut suburb.

While voicing its full support for the Islamic resistance front in Lebanon, the Iranian Parliament “strongly condemns the Zionist regime’s cowardly and inhumane action that has been carried out amid the passive silence of the international community and in absence of deterrent actions by international institutions and the governments that are [mere] bystanders,” reads the message published on Monday.

Qalibaf said the “barbaric” Israeli action “once again exposed the terrorist and criminal nature of it and of its supporters, and proved that it has no respect for the nations’ rights.”

However, he stressed that Nasrallah’s martyrdom will further strengthen the determination of the Islamic resistance in Lebanon to continue the path of resistance and struggle against the usurping Zionist regime.

Qalibaf also emphasized that the sacrifices and bravery of the resistance fighters in Palestine and Lebanon will fail to undermine the fight for the liberation of al-Quds.

“The liberation of the holy al-Quds, which is the first cause of the Muslim nation, … will be achieved in the near future, with God’s help,” he said.

Hezbollah deputy leader vows to 'continue path' paved by Martyr Nasrallah

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Nasrallah was martyred on Friday after the Israeli regime bombarded a Beirut suburb using US-provided weapons and munitions.

The assassination came as part of the regime’s escalation against Hezbollah. Hundreds of people have been killed across the country since last Monday.

Israel has been targeting Lebanon since October 2023, when it launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

Hezbollah has been responding to the aggression with numerous retaliatory operations, including one with a hypersonic ballistic missile, targeting the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Lebanese resistance movement has vowed to keep up its operations against Israel as long as the Israeli regime continues its Gaza war, which has so far killed more than 41,595 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

Nasrallah was elected Secretary General of Hezbollah in 1992 at the age of 32 after an Israeli helicopter gunship assassinated his predecessor, Sayyed Abbas al-Musawi.

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