Hezbollah and Hamas envoys met with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the burial services of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday, according to state media, while representatives of terrorist organizations supported by Tehran were present.
Iran is the focus of international sanctions because Tehran has long supported Palestinian Hamas, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthi rebels in Yemen, all of whom have been labeled terrorist organizations by the US and other Western countries.Iran has referred to its network of anti-Israel supporters, which includes armed groups in Iraq, as the "axis of resistance."
Hezbollah told Lebanese media that Mohammed Fneish, a former minister and senior official, led the delegation to Tehran, which also included officials and the families of members who had been killed or injured.
Hamas, meanwhile, said in a statement that its delegation was led by the head of its political bureau, Mohammed Darwish, and included other bureau members such as Bassem Naim.
In July 2024, Ismail Haniyeh, then the political leader of Hamas, was killed in his accommodation in Tehran in an Israeli operation after he attended the inauguration ceremony for Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Also attending Saturday’s ceremonies in Tehran were Ziyad Al-Nakhalah, the leader of the Palestinian militant group and Hamas ally Islamic Jihad, and senior Houthi member Dhaif Allah Al-Shami, state TV reported.
Most foreign officials and dignitaries paid their respects on Friday to Khamenei, who ruled Iran from 1989 and was killed aged 86 along with several members of his family and top officials in a US-Israeli strike on February 28, triggering the war in the Middle East.
On Saturday, crowds of people gathered at the Grand Mosalla religious complex in the Iranian capital to bid farewell to the late supreme leader who had the final say in major state policies during his tenure.
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