TEHRAN – Iranian parliament and diplomatic leaders last week ended their landmark visit to Beirut, pledging to strengthen Tehran’s unwavering alliance with Hezbollah and maintain a front of resistance against Israeli occupation and Western interference.
A meeting between Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bakar Karibah and Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi Hazbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem highlighted Iran’s commitment to Lebanon’s claims and strategic partnership with resistance.
This follows the late funeral participation of Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and his deputy Hashim Safiedinine, who was assassinated in an Israeli regime airstrike in late 2024.
On February 23, 2025, over 1 million mourners flooded the city of Beirut. Karibahu was praised as “a large-scale, historic ideology that proved to be a large-scale, historic ideology.”
The Iranian delegation also met with Lebanon President Michel Aung and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam to encourage national unity between the Lebanese government, parliament and resistance factions. “The strength of Hezbollah is the strength of Lebanon,” Kalibakh argued, reflecting Tehran’s long-standing view.
Foreign Minister Araguchi added that Iran “cannot escape efforts” to support Lebanon’s stability, leading to a broader struggle with “foreign occupation and economic coercion.”
Speaking to Iranian parliament, Karibakh described Hezbollah as “the strength of the Lebanese people” and “the guarantor of its security,” denounced Israel’s “state terrorism” and arguing that “assassination cannot erase the will of those fighting tyranny.”