Hassan Nasrallah, the leader who played an important role in transforming the Lebanese extremist group Hezbollah into a powerful paramilitary and political force in West Asia, has been killed in an Israeli air strike. Since then, Iran is fuming with anger. Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei has talked about avenging the blood of Hezbollah Chief. Apart from this, Iraq, Hamas and Yemen’s Houthi rebel group have also given statements in support of Hezbollah.
Iran on Saturday called for a UN Security Council meeting on Israel’s actions in Lebanon and across the region. Iran’s UN Ambassador Aamir Saeed Iravani has written a letter expressing anger over the killing of Hezbollah leader Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah by Israel. They wrote, “The Islamic Republic of Iran strongly warns against any attacks on its diplomatic premises and representatives that violate the fundamental principle of the integrity of diplomatic and consular premises and reiterates that it will not tolerate such attacks again.” Will do.”
“Iran will not hesitate to exercise its inherent rights under international law to take every step to protect its vital national and security interests,” Iravani said.
Let us tell you that Nasrallah had led Hezbollah’s war against Israel in 2006. Under his leadership the group was involved in the brutal conflict in neighboring Syria. The organization’s leader was killed in an Israeli air strike on Haret Harek, a southern suburb of Beirut, and several high-rise buildings where he lived collapsed in the attack.
Let us tell you that Hezbollah said in a statement, “Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah has joined his fellow great martyrs, whom he led from one victory to another for 30 years.” The group said, He was martyred on the way to Jerusalem.
Who was Nasrallah?
Nasrallah took command of Hezbollah after his predecessor was killed in an Israeli missile strike in 1992 and led the organization for three decades. Five years after he assumed leadership, the US declared Hezbollah a terrorist organization. Nasralla was considered by his supporters as a charismatic and adept strategist. He transformed Hezbollah into a staunch enemy of Israel and strengthened its alliance with Iran’s top religious leaders and Palestinian militant groups such as Hamas. He was an icon among his Lebanese Shia followers and revered by millions across the Arab and Islamic world. He was given the title of Sayyid, an honorific title intended to reflect the Shia cleric’s lineage, which traces back to the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam.
Nasralla’s image appears on poster-banners from the group’s strongholds across Lebanon. Especially in southern Beirut where Hezbollah is headquartered. His photo appears in shops not only in Lebanon but also in countries such as Syria and Iraq. Despite his power, Nasrallah spent most of his last years in hiding due to fear of Israeli attacks and spoke via satellite mobile phone.
Under Nasrallah, Hezbollah led a standoff with Israel during the 34-day war in 2006. He is credited with leading the war that resulted in the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon in 2000 after an 18-year occupation. Nasralla’s eldest son, Hadi, was killed in fighting against Israeli forces in 1997. When fighting broke out in Syria in 2011, Nasrallah sided with Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces.
Nasrallah was the eldest of nine siblings and was born into a poor family in Sharshabouq, a northern suburb of Beirut. At the age of 16, he traveled to the holy Shia city of Najaf in Iraq, where the late Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, lived in exile and taught the religion. Nasrallah later studied in Qoum city.
Nasrallah was one of the founders of Hezbollah. The party was formed by members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard who came to Lebanon in the summer of 1982 to fight Israeli forces. Nasrallah is survived by his wife Fatima Yassin, three sons Jawad, Mohammad-Mahdi and Mohammad Ali, and a daughter Zainab. Also has many grandchildren.