[News] Iran condemns Israeli violation of Lebanese air space during Nasrallah’s funeral, calls it terrorism

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Iran condemns Israeli violation of Lebanese air space during Nasrallah’s
funeral, calls it terrorism
Abdul Rahman
February 25, 2025
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The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends the funeral ceremony
for the martyr Secretary-General of Hezbollah Lebanon. Photo: Tehran Times

Iran condemned yet another Israeli violation of Lebanese territorial
integrity and sovereignty on Sunday, February 23, calling it “a vicious act
of terrorism against civilians.” It claimed that Israeli warplanes flying
over thousands of Lebanese in Beirut was a “deliberate” and “wicked” act of
intimidation which failed.
*Israeli warplanes fly over Nasrallah’s funeral*

On Sunday, Esmaeil Baqaei, Spokesperson of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, tweeted <https://x.com/IRIMFA_SPOX/status/1893712921315901534> his
country’s response to Israeli warplanes flying low over thousands of
Lebanese participating in the funeral procession of former Hezbollah Chief
Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah and his designated successor Hashem Safieddine.

Both Nasrallah and Safieddine were assassinated by Israel last year during
its invasion of Lebanon. Nasrallah was killed in an attack on Hezbollah
headquarters
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/09/28/hezbollah-confirms-assassination-of-leader-sayyed-hassan-nasrallah-vows-to-continue-resistance/>
in southern Beirut on September 27. Scores of other Lebanese civilians were
killed in the Israeli attack. Safieddine was killed a few days later on
October 3 in a similar attack
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/04/series-of-israeli-airstrikes-kill-dozens-across-lebanon/>
.

Meanwhile, several memorial ceremonies were held across Iran on the
occasion of Nasrallah and Safieddine’s funeral. The participants in those
memorial meetings raised slogans against the Israeli occupation and against
imperialist interventions.
*Israel’s invasion and destruction of Lebanon*

Israel was responsible for the killing of Nasrallah, Safieddine, and
thousands of other Lebanese citizens during the Israeli invasion of the
country
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/10/26/one-month-into-the-expansion-of-israels-war-on-lebanon/>
last year.

Israel bombed a large part of the country, destroying civilian
infrastructure and displacing hundreds of thousands of people in an attempt
to dismantle Hezbollah. The group firmly supported the Palestinian
resistance against the Israeli occupation during its war on Gaza between
October 2023 and January 2025.

The main ceremony was held in the capital Tehran which was attended by
several Iranian officials including President Masoud Pezeshkian and the
Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard’s Corp (IRGC) Hossein Salami.
*Iranian leaders denounce Israel’s actions*

Pezeshkian later told the press that Israel thought killing leaders would
kill the resistance. With the number of people participating in Nasrallah’s
funeral in Beirut it was clear that it was wrong to assume that, *Xinhua*
reported.
<https://english.news.cn/20250224/15af247c5cef48e0accdfc754c4be938/c.html>


IRGC, in a message on Monday said
<https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/24/743385/Iran-IRGC-Heroic-Hezbollah-triumphant-resistance-occupation>
that the funeral held in Lebanon once again proves that Hezbollah continues
to move forward with vitality, strength and determination to dismantle the
occupation of al-Quds” and other “Islamic lands.” It also noted that the
Israeli warplanes flying over the funeral procession only served to amplify
Hezbollah’s anti-Zionist resistance on a global level.
*Iranian foreign minister: the resistance will continue*

The funeral procession in Beirut began with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s
message in which he reiterated
<https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/510128/Ayatollah-Khamenei-pays-tribute-to-martyrs-Nasrallah-Safieddine>that
despite the killing of leaders such as Nasrallah “resistance against
usurpation, oppression and arrogance will never end and will continue until
the ultimate goal is reached.”

Talking about Nasrallah, Iran’s Vice President for Strategic Affairs and
former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called him a rational leader
who “pursued the interests of people of Lebanon” and the Arab world “with
great planning and precision.”

Zarif also underlined that despite Israel’s attempts to destroy it,
Hezbollah remains popular in Lebanon as shown by the number of people who
participated in Nasrallah’s funeral procession, *IRNA* reported.
<https://en.irna.ir/news/85760631/Nasrallah-was-a-rational-figure-who-understood-Lebanon-s-national>


Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in a message written
<https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/510129/For-Nasrallah-Resistance-was-a-belief-beyond-mere-words-Araghchi>
for *IRNA *on Nasrallah and Safieddine’s funeral, said that even if they
are no longer alive their message lives and their sacrifices will inspire
generations to fight against oppression and occupation.
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