Iran: Sinwar martyrdom to inspire those who follow path of freedom

Iran says the assassination of Yahya Sinwar, leader of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, will become a source of inspiration for the path of resistance. 

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday Sinwar did not fear death but sought martyrdom in Gaza and he bravely “fought to the very end on the battlefield.”

Sinwar was martyred in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza's Rafah city on Thursday. Hamas confirmed the assassination news on Friday which was first broke by the Israeli military on Thursday.

Araghchi said in a post on his X account that the Hamas leader’s "fate - beautifully pictured in his last image - is not a deterrent but a source of inspiration for the resistance fighters across the region, including Palestinian and non-Palestinian."

Iran and countless others around the world, salute Sinwar’s selfless struggle for liberation of the Palestinian people, the top Iranian diplomat emphasized.

“Martyrs live forever, and the cause for liberation of Palestine from occupation is more alive than ever,” Araghchi pointed out.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Ministry released a statement on Friday afternoon.

"Undoubtedly, the physical elimination of those who strive for dignity and human honor will not weaken the school and path of resistance. On the contrary, their honorable death will strongly affirm the righteousness of their cause and inspire those who follow the path of dignity and freedom," said the ministry.

It strongly condemned the Israel regime’s crime of the assassination of the Palestinian leaders and elites, which has been implemented as part of the recent 13-month genocidal plan in occupied Palestine.

It added that arms suppliers as well as financial and political supporters of the Israeli regime, especially the US, are “accomplices and partners” in such crimes.

The Iranian ministry described Sinwar as a “big hero” of Palestine's liberation and a writer who spent 22 years of his life in Israeli prisons.

Sinwar was a “branch” of the robust tree of the resistance against the Israeli occupation and oppression who spent his entire life in the fight for “restoring the legal and human rights of the Palestinian people and freeing them from the yoke of occupation and apartheid.”

Hamas confirms leader Yahya Sinwar martyred in Israeli strike

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been martyred in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza

The charismatic leader of the Palestinian resistance movement had escaped many assassination attempts before and after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023.

Sinwar, 62, played an instrumental role in coordinating and supervising the landmark operation that jolted the Zionist regime.

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