'Like an Unyielding Rock': Leader Answers Hezbollah's Pledge of Allegiance
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei calls the movement's endurance an inspiration to oppressed nations, and names Lebanon's territorial integrity a condition of any agreement
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Mojtaba Khamenei, has praised Hezbollah for its resistance to the Israeli regime, describing the Lebanese movement’s steadfastness as a message of liberation for oppressed nations across the world.
Responding to a letter from Hezbollah reaffirming its allegiance, the Leader said the movement had stood “like an unyielding rock” against what he called the savage aggression of Israel and its backers. According to a statement from his office, that resilience has become “an inspiring message for the free nations of the world in their quest for liberation from the oppression and tyranny of Global Arrogance and its proxies.”
‘No path forward except resistance’
The Leader praised Hezbollah’s commanders and fighters for their endurance and perseverance in defending the principles of the Islamic Resistance, saying their message reflected faith in the promises of the Holy Qur’an and in the legacy of Imam Khomeini and the martyred Leader, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei.
Growing international frustration with the United States and Israel, he said, had left “no path forward except jihad and resistance” — expressing confidence that steadfastness on that path would ultimately bring the promised divine victory.
He also commended the Lebanese people, and particularly the residents of the country’s south, saying their patience, sacrifice, and support had been decisive in sustaining the resistance.
Lebanon’s integrity as a condition
The Leader reiterated that the Islamic Republic regards the defence of Hezbollah’s fighters as a strategic mandate, and said Iran has made the preservation of Lebanon’s territorial integrity — and an absolute, unconditional end to Israeli aggression — the primary condition for any agreement to end the war imposed by the United States and Israel.
Paying tribute to Hezbollah’s martyrs, among them former secretary general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, he said they had transformed the movement “from a sapling into a mighty tree” and brought honour to Lebanon throughout the Islamic world. He closed with prayers for the movement’s fighters and veterans, for the displaced, and for the families of the martyrs.
The letter that prompted it
The message was issued in reply to a pledge-of-allegiance letter from Hezbollah fighters, who vowed to remain loyal to Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei and to continue the path of his predecessor.
In it, the fighters pledged to “continue along the same path of dignity” and to stand by the Leader with “unwavering resolve,” saying they would remain as loyal to him as they had been to the martyred Leader and would fear no blame “in the cause of Allah.” They assured him he would find in them “nothing but obedience, an unyielding will to achieve victory, and a love of martyrdom.”
Reference: PressTv