WANA (Aug 18) – Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, senior spokesperson for Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff, underlined the independence of resistance groups, stating: “Brave Palestinian fighters and other resistance movements fight based on their own beliefs, and in defending their lands, they do not need to take orders from others.”

 

Shekarchi described resistance as an “invincible idea” and added: “No weapon or military arsenal can eradicate this belief. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the heroic Iranian nation also firmly support the resistance.”

 

Referring to the recent 12-day war between Iran and Israel, he said:“ The Zionists were forced to taste the bitter flavor of defeat; many sensitive and key military and security centers, from north to south of the occupied territories, were targeted and reduced to rubble.”

 

Responding to statements by U.S. and Israeli officials about efforts to restrict resistance, the senior Iranian military spokesman said:

 

“America and the Zionist regime will never succeed through plots such as disarming the resistance, imposing economic sanctions, or massacring women and children. They are becoming more isolated and weaker by the day, and the path they have chosen will ultimately lead to their own destruction.”

 

Shekarchi stressed that recent threats by Israeli officials would prove fruitless, just as in the past: “If carried out, even heavier defeats await them. The resistance will continue until final victory and the liberation of Jerusalem.”