WANA (Jul 03) – Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf met with Khalil Hamdan, a senior member of Amal Movement, who attended Iran on behalf of Nabih Berri to participate in the farewell ceremony for Iran’s late leader alongside a delegation that included several Lebanese lawmakers.

 

During the meeting, Ghalibaf thanked Berri for his message and said he had traveled to Beirut twice during the Lebanon war. He said Iran’s late leader had consistently emphasized Berri’s position and role among Lebanon’s Shiite community and believed that any decision made by Berri with the consensus of the Shiite community and in line with Lebanon’s national interests would be supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

 

Referring to the death of Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, whom Iran describes as the “martyred Leader” of the Islamic Revolution, Ghalibaf said the greatest way to avenge such a leader was to free all Muslims from what he described as the oppression of the United States and Israel.

 

Ghalibaf also said he had spoken with Berri three times during the Ramadan war and noted that one of Iran’s main concerns during negotiations with the United States was the resistance front, particularly Lebanon. He said that, at Iran’s insistence, provisions related to Lebanon were included in the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States.

 

He added that implementing those provisions would significantly strengthen Lebanon and urged all Lebanese political factions to work toward their implementation, saying this would help prevent instability in the country.

 

He also stressed that preserving unity within the Islamic world and among Shiite Muslims was one of the key lessons to be drawn from the late leader’s legacy.

 

Hamdan presented Ghalibaf with a written message from Berri and offered condolences over Khamenei’s death on behalf of the Amal Movement. He said the Lebanese delegation had come to pay tribute to the late Iranian leader and to highlight his legacy for future generations.

 

Hamdan also said the Amal Movement was founded in 1974 through the efforts of Musa al-Sadr and Mostafa Chamran. He said Chamran trained Iranian revolutionaries during that period, while Musa al-Sadr discussed the Islamic Revolution in an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde shortly before his trip to Libya, describing it as one of the earliest introductions of the Islamic Revolution in Europe.

 

Hamdan added that several Lebanese members of the Amal Movement were killed alongside Chamran in the battle of Dehlaviyeh.