WANA (Sep 23) – The Strategic Deputy to the President of Iran extended both congratulations and condolences to the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Lebanon, on the martyrdom of the prominent Lebanese Jihadi commander, Ibrahim Aqil. He emphasized that free people worldwide should stand firmly with Palestine and the nations of the region, who are daily subjected to the crimes of the Israeli regime.

 

In his message to the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Lebanon, he wrote: “I call upon all free and justice-seeking people worldwide to stand with all their might beside Palestine and the nations of the region, who are daily exposed to the crimes of the Israeli regime, and to demand an end to occupation, crimes, and aggression from the international community.”

 

The full text of his message is as follows:

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

And do not consider those who have been killed in the path of Allah as dead; rather, they are alive, receiving provision from their Lord.*
Allah, the Almighty, has spoken the truth.

 

To His Eminence, the Scholar and Mujahid, Mr. Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah,

Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Lebanon (may Allah protect him)

 

On the occasion of the martyrdom of the great and resilient Jihadi commander, Martyr Ibrahim Aqil, who sincerely upheld his covenant with his Lord and lost his life during a brutal attack by the criminal Zionist regime, I extend my heartfelt congratulations and condolences. This attack claimed the life of this brave commander and a number of his fellow heroic commanders of the Islamic Resistance, joining the ranks of their martyred companions, including Martyr Imad Mughniyeh, Martyr Fouad Shukr, and all the martyrs of the Islamic Resistance of Lebanon and Palestine, especially the martyrs of the cause of Jerusalem, at the forefront of whom stands the great commander General Qassem Soleimani, whom the Palestinian hero Ismail Haniyeh called the “Martyr of Jerusalem.” Blessed be their reunion in the presence of the Almighty and their place among the righteous in the highest heavens, in the company of the truthful, near the Omnipotent Lord.

 

I honor the memory of this noble martyr and extend my congratulations on his great achievement of meeting Allah to his family, relatives, comrades, friends, all those who fight in the path of God and for Jerusalem, the brave men of sacrifice, martyrdom, and selflessness, to the victorious and proud Islamic Resistance of Lebanon, to the honorable people of Lebanon, to all nations aspiring to realize independence and the right to self-determination, to the noble Islamic Ummah, and to all free people and defenders of truth and justice worldwide. I call upon all of them to stand with all their strength beside Palestine and the nations of the region, who are daily exposed to the crimes of the Israeli regime, and to demand an end to occupation, crimes, and aggression from the international community.

 

I also beseech the Almighty God to bestow His vast mercy, forgiveness, and satisfaction upon this martyred commander and those who perished with him, along with all the martyrs of Gaza, Palestine, Lebanon, and other lands, and to grant them a place in the highest heavens, in the company of the prophets, the saints, the martyrs, and the righteous. May He bestow abundant patience, noble reward, and steadfastness upon their families and comrades in the Resistance of Lebanon and Palestine in their path to achieving unity and solidarity in confronting aggression.

 

Indeed, to Allah we belong, and to Him, we shall return.

 

Mohammad Javad Zarif