TEHRAN (Iran News) Speaking at a weekly press conference on Monday, Kanaani offered his condolences on the martyrdom of Secretary General of Hezbollah Seyed Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike that targeted Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh on September 27.

The Iranian spokesman said the school of thought of Nasrallah and his creed are alive although he is gone.

“We have no doubt that the resistance front and the Lebanese nation will celebrate the death of Zionism and liberation of holy al-Quds in the near future,” he said.

Kanaani stated that the Zionist regime cannot reap any benefit from its heinous crimes or make up for its irreparable defeat by resorting to atrocities.

He also noted that the US, the government complicit in the Israeli crimes, will not achieve anything either nor will it be able to compensate for its failures in the region.

In a message after the martyrdom of Nasrallah, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said the blows struck by the resistance front on the worn-out and deteriorating body of the Zionist regime will become even more crushing.

“The foul-natured Zionist regime has not become victorious by carrying out this atrocity. The Sayyid of the Resistance was not just one person. He was a path and a school of thought, and his path will continue,” the Leader underlined.

TEHRAN (Iran News) On the auspicious occasion of the birth anniversaries of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Imam Sadiq (PBUH), Ayatollah Khamenei had a meeting with the participants in the International Islamic Unity Conference, ambassadors of Islamic countries, a number of government officials, and some other people at the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyyah of Tehran on Saturday, September 21.

Ayatollah Khamenei commenced his address by congratulating attendees on the birth anniversaries of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Imam Ja’far Sadiq (PBUH). He described the birth of the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) as the prelude to the conclusion of prophethood, representing the ultimate and complete version of humanity’s happiness.

“The divine prophets served as the guiding leaders of humanity’s journey throughout history, who not only showed people the way but also empowered individuals by awakening their innate nature and their power of thought and intellect, enabling them to discern the right path,” the Leader stated, Khamenei.ir reported.

Highlighting Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) 13-year struggle in Mecca, filled with hardships, difficulties, hunger, and sacrifices, and subsequent challenges faced during the Prophet of Islam’s migration from Mecca to Medina, Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized that these factors laid the foundation for the Islamic Ummah.

The Leader noted that while there are numerous Islamic countries today and approximately two billion Muslims worldwide, it would be inaccurate to call this collective an “Ummah.” An Ummah, he explained, “is a group that moves in harmony and with motivation towards a common goal, whereas we Muslims today are scattered.”

The Leader underscored that the division among Muslims serves only to empower the enemies of Islam and cultivates a reliance among certain Islamic countries on the support of the United States. He further emphasized that a unified Islamic front, unencumbered by division, could leverage its collective resources to establish a unified entity, one that would surpass the strength of all major powers and render unnecessary any dependence on the United States.

Ayatollah Khamenei outlined the influential factors in the formation of the Islamic Ummah. He noted that Islamic governments have the potential to play a significant role in this regard, but their motivations, he stated, is not strong enough.

Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized that it is the responsibility of the influential figures within the Islamic world – including politicians, scholars, scientists, academics, influential and intellectual classes, poets, writers, as well as political and social analysts – to instill this motivation among government officials.

The Leader emphasized a crucial aspect concerning the call for unity directed towards the Muslim world from Iran. “In order for our message of unity to be perceived as genuine on the global stage, it is imperative that we demonstrate unity amongst ourselves and strive towards our true goals. Differences in opinion and perspective should not undermine the cooperation and solidarity of the nation,” he remarked.

During his address, Ayatollah Khamenei also drew attention to the blatant and shameless crimes committed by Israeli forces in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Syrian, underscoring that the victims of these atrocities are not soldiers but ordinary civilians. “When the Zionist regime was unable to inflict any blows on the fighters in Palestine, they unleashed their blind and malicious fury on infants, children, and patients in hospitals.”

He articulated that the root cause of this catastrophic situation lies in the Islamic community’s failure to harness its inner strength, while reiterating the imperative of fully severing economic ties between Islamic countries and the Zionist regime. Furthermore, Ayatollah Khamenei asserted that Islamic countries must act decisively to completely reduce their political relations with the Zionist regime and intensify their political and media initiatives to unequivocally express solidarity with the Palestinian people.

At the beginning of this meeting, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian referred to the prophetic tradition of fostering unity and brotherhood among Muslims. He asserted that the path to preventing the aggressions and crimes of the Zionist regime lies in the solidarity and unified efforts of Muslims. President Pezeshkian emphasized that had Muslims been united and acted as a cohesive entity, the Zionist regime would not have had the audacity to perpetrate its current atrocities and kill women and children.