October 04, (THEWILL) – Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Friday, praised the country’s recent missile strike on Israel, saying it is ready to do it again if necessary.
THEWILL reports that Iran had on Tuesday, fired hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel in what Iranian Revolutionary Guards said was in response to the killing of Hezbollah Chief, Hassan Nasrallah, last week as well as that of Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh.
Speaking in his first appearance as leader at Friday prayers in about five years, Ayatollah called the missile strike a “shining” job by Iran’s armed forces.
Khamenei, 85, said in a 40-minute speech to thousands of people at the Mosalla mosque, the main prayer site in Tehran, that the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on southern Israel was a legitimate action by the Palestinian people.
Defending the latest attack on Israel, Ayatollah said Tuesday’s missile barrage was based on international law, the country’s law and Islamic beliefs.
He urged nations from “Afghanistan to Yemen and from Iran to Gaza and Yemen” to be ready to take action against the enemy, and praised those who had died doing so.
“Our resisting people in Lebanon and Palestine, you brave fighters, you loyal and patient people, these martyrdoms and the blood that was shed shouldn’t shake your determination but make you more persistent,” he said.
Also on Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, where he was expected to discuss the ongoing fight between Israel and Hezbollah with Lebanese officials.
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, said Iran sent a shipment of aid to Lebanon, including 10 tons of food and medicine.
