Three days after the massive missile attack launched on the night of 1is on October 2 against its number one enemy, Israel, the Iranian Supreme Guide, Ali Khamenei, defended an operation “legal and legitimate”, during a speech given in front of a large crowd, gathered in a large mosque in Tehran on Friday October 4, during a ceremony organized in memory of Hassan Nasrallah, the former leader of Lebanese Hezbollah who died in an Israeli bombing, in Beirut, September 27. “We do not delay and we do not rush to take responsibilitysupported the highest political and religious authority in the country, during his preaching. What is logical, reasonable and correct according to the opinion of political and military decision-makers [du pays] will be done on time and in the future, if necessary, it will be repeated. »
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The last time Mr. Khamenei led Friday prayers was in January 2020, around ten days after the death of Ghassem Soleimani, former head of external operations of the Revolutionary Guards (the country’s ideological army), killed by an American drone in Iraq. These new statements by the Guide echo threats made by other senior Iranian officials who, in recent days, have threatened Israel with“more serious attacks” in case he decides to retaliate.
“The enemy of the Iranian nation is the enemy of the Palestinian, Lebanese, Iraqi, Egyptian, Syrian and Yemeni nations. The attack on Israel, by anyone or any group, serves the entire region and also all of humanity.”added Ali Khamenei, who tried to minimize the consequences of the assassination of the Hezbollah leader: “The resistance in the region will not retreat despite the martyrs and will achieve victory. »
Gesture of defiance
Speaking partly in Arabic, Ali Khamenei attempted to reaffirm his position as leader of “the axis of resistance” − bringing together groups allied to Iran −, while assuring its support to the members of this alliance. “His speech, a show of force, was aimed above all at Iran’s allies on the theme of: “Look how many people are behind you and us!”explains Iranian political analyst Mohammad Javad Akbareyn, who lives in France. By speaking in the presence of the President of Parliament and the head of justice, he also wanted to show that the security situation [en Iran] was safe, despite concerns [quant à une éventuelle menace d’assassinat par Israël]. But the tone was rather defensive: “If you stop now, we won’t go any further.” »
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