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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

Iran’s Khamenei: Hamas and Hezbollah resistance means ‘defeat’ for Israel

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei heads a meeting of the Assembly of Experts, an 88-member body tasked with selecting and backing the supreme leader, on November 7, 2024 [Iranian supreme leader's website]

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said the fact that Hamas and Hezbollah are still fighting in Gaza and Lebanon signifies a defeat for Israel.

Israel wished to uproot Hamas but “massacred people, showed its ugly face to the whole world, proved its malice, condemned and isolated itself”, he told a gathering of the top clerical body, the Assembly of Experts, on Thursday.

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