BEIRUT: Iran-backed members of the “Axis of Resistance” in opposition to Israel and its allies expressed their condolences Monday after Tehran confirmed President Ebrahim Raisi had died in a helicopter crash.
Palestinian militant group Hamas, Lebanon’s Hezbollah motion, Yemen’s Huthi rebels, the Syrian authorities and Iraq-based armed teams all mourned the loss of life of Raisi and eight others on Sunday.
Additionally amongst these killed when the helicopter crashed right into a distant mountainside in heavy fog was Iranian International Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, identified for his fierce anti-Israel sentiment and scepticism of the West.
Hamas mourned Raisi as an “honourable supporter” of the Gaza-based group whose October 7 assault on Israel sparked the bloodiest ever conflict within the coastal territory.
Hamas mentioned it appreciated Raisi’s “help for the Palestinian resistance and tireless efforts in solidarity” with Palestinians for the reason that begin of the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza.
Iran has hailed the October 7 assault that triggered the conflict as a “success” however denied any involvement.
Hamas additionally praised Raisi and Amir-Abdollahian’s “intense political and diplomatic efforts to cease the Zionist (Israeli) aggression in opposition to our Palestinian individuals”.
Lebanon’s highly effective Hezbollah group, which has traded lethal cross-border hearth with Israel amid the conflict, praised Raisi as “a powerful supporter, and a staunch defender of our causes… and a protector of the resistance actions”.
“Hezbollah in Lebanon extends its deepest condolences,” the group mentioned in a press release, including that it had identified Raisi “carefully for a very long time”.
Mohammed Abdulsalam, a spokesperson for Yemen’s Huthi rebels, mentioned on X that Raisi’s loss of life was a loss “for all the Islamic world and Palestine and Gaza”.
Palestinians had been “in dire want of the presence of such a president who continued to defend” their proper to freedom, mentioned the group, which has launched assaults in opposition to targets with alleged Israeli hyperlinks in help of Palestinians.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad expressed solidarity with shut ally Tehran, which has backed him throughout greater than a decade of civil conflict.
Assad “affirmed Syria’s solidarity with the Islamic Republic of Iran and with the households of the late deceased and his comrades,” the Syrian presidency mentioned in a press release.
“We labored with the late President to make sure that strategic relations between Syria and Iran flourish at all times,” the assertion added.
Syria and Lebanon introduced three official days of mourning.
Iraq’s Fashionable Mobilisation Forces, or Hashed al-Shaabi, additionally expressed their sympathies, including that Raisi had “at all times declared that Iraq and Iran are one individuals that can’t be separated”.
The Hashed are an integral a part of the official Iraqi safety equipment underneath the authority of the prime minister that additionally consists of a number of pro-Iran armed factions.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani mentioned that “we stand in solidarity with the Iranian individuals”.
Palestinian militant group Hamas, Lebanon’s Hezbollah motion, Yemen’s Huthi rebels, the Syrian authorities and Iraq-based armed teams all mourned the loss of life of Raisi and eight others on Sunday.
Additionally amongst these killed when the helicopter crashed right into a distant mountainside in heavy fog was Iranian International Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, identified for his fierce anti-Israel sentiment and scepticism of the West.
Hamas mourned Raisi as an “honourable supporter” of the Gaza-based group whose October 7 assault on Israel sparked the bloodiest ever conflict within the coastal territory.
Hamas mentioned it appreciated Raisi’s “help for the Palestinian resistance and tireless efforts in solidarity” with Palestinians for the reason that begin of the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza.
Iran has hailed the October 7 assault that triggered the conflict as a “success” however denied any involvement.
Hamas additionally praised Raisi and Amir-Abdollahian’s “intense political and diplomatic efforts to cease the Zionist (Israeli) aggression in opposition to our Palestinian individuals”.
Lebanon’s highly effective Hezbollah group, which has traded lethal cross-border hearth with Israel amid the conflict, praised Raisi as “a powerful supporter, and a staunch defender of our causes… and a protector of the resistance actions”.
“Hezbollah in Lebanon extends its deepest condolences,” the group mentioned in a press release, including that it had identified Raisi “carefully for a very long time”.
Mohammed Abdulsalam, a spokesperson for Yemen’s Huthi rebels, mentioned on X that Raisi’s loss of life was a loss “for all the Islamic world and Palestine and Gaza”.
Palestinians had been “in dire want of the presence of such a president who continued to defend” their proper to freedom, mentioned the group, which has launched assaults in opposition to targets with alleged Israeli hyperlinks in help of Palestinians.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad expressed solidarity with shut ally Tehran, which has backed him throughout greater than a decade of civil conflict.
Assad “affirmed Syria’s solidarity with the Islamic Republic of Iran and with the households of the late deceased and his comrades,” the Syrian presidency mentioned in a press release.
“We labored with the late President to make sure that strategic relations between Syria and Iran flourish at all times,” the assertion added.
Syria and Lebanon introduced three official days of mourning.
Iraq’s Fashionable Mobilisation Forces, or Hashed al-Shaabi, additionally expressed their sympathies, including that Raisi had “at all times declared that Iraq and Iran are one individuals that can’t be separated”.
The Hashed are an integral a part of the official Iraqi safety equipment underneath the authority of the prime minister that additionally consists of a number of pro-Iran armed factions.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani mentioned that “we stand in solidarity with the Iranian individuals”.
