Iran holds ceremony to commemorate slain Hezbollah leader Safieddine

People attend a memorial ceremony for Hashem Safieddine, head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, and other slain leaders and commanders of regional resistance groups, in Tehran, Iran, on October 31, 2024. (Photo/Xinhua)

Iran held a ceremony in Tehran on Thursday to commemorate Hashem Safieddine, head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut earlier this month.

The ceremony, which also commemorated other slain leaders and commanders of regional resistance groups, was attended by Iranian officials as well as representatives of Hamas and Hezbollah.

During the ceremony, participants waved flags of Iran, Hezbollah and Palestine and chanted slogans against Israel and the United States, according to the official IRNA news agency.

Speaking at the ceremony, Hezbollah’s representative in Tehran and Hashem Safieddine’s brother, Sayyed Abdallah Safieddine, hailed Iran for its support for the Lebanese group.

In remarks at the ceremony, Mohammad-Hassan Akhtari, head of Iran’s Presidential Committee to Support the Islamic Revolution of the Palestinian People, said the death of the resistance front commanders “will not affect the resistance movement, and Hezbollah will continue its path with resistance .”

The Israeli military confirmed earlier this month that Hashem Safieddine was killed in a bombing by Israeli warplanes in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahieh on October 3. Hezbollah also confirmed the death of Hashem Safieddine in a statement issued later.