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Iran’s Khamenei slams ‘criminal’ Israel for killing Hezbollah’s Nasrallah

Iran's Khamenei, right, welcomes Nasrallah, left, at his office in Tehran in July 2000 [File: Atta Kenare/AFP]

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called on Muslims around the world to unite and “stand by the people of Lebanon and the proud Hezbollah”, following reports of the killing of the Lebanese group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli air strike on Friday.

In a statement issued on Saturday following Israel’s claim of the killing of Nasrallah, Khamenei described Israel’s policy as “short-sighted” and called the deadly strikes on Lebanon “criminal”.

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