Iran’s Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday that Tehran will not send fighters to Lebanon or Gaza to confront Israel.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani, in his weekly press conference, said, “The governments of Lebanon and Palestine have the necessary strength and ability to confront aggression, and there is no need to deploy Iranian auxiliary or volunteer forces.” He emphasized that Iran will not allow Israel’s “criminal acts” to go unanswered.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also issued a statement on Sunday, saying that the killing of Abbas Nilforoushan, the deputy commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, in Lebanon “will not go unpunished.” Iranian media reported that Araghchi warned that Israel “will not find peace,” and that the situation in the region is dangerous.
General Nilforoushan was killed in the same Israeli airstrike that targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Araghchi added, “This is certainly a great loss, but it will not weaken the resistance. Just as the martyrdom of Hezbollah’s former secretary-general Abbas Mousawi led to the group’s growth, I am confident that the killing of Hassan Nasrallah will make Hezbollah stronger and more determined.”
Araghchi further warned that Israel has no future in the region, asserting, “The natural outcome of what they have done is the accelerated collapse of the Zionist regime.” He also accused the U.S. of complicity, stating, “America is a partner in this crime, and the blood of the martyrs of this incident will not go unanswered.”
