Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani
Iran calls the Israeli regimes earlier assassination of senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri an act of "frustration."
Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani made the remarks on Tuesday, shortly after an Israeli drone attack against a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut led to the martyrdom of six people, including Arouri.
Kanani said the Zionist regime had resorted to the targeted killing after suffering "heavy and irreparable defeat" in the face of Palestinian resistance movements during Operation al-Aqsa Storm.
Arouri, who used to serve as the deputy head of the Political Bureau of the Gaza Strip-based Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas, was known as the "architect" of the October 7 operation by Gazas resistance groups, during which hundreds were taken captive.
Kanani further said the assassination took place after Gazas people and resistance groups staged "heroic steadfastness" in the face of a genocidal war that the Israeli regime has been waging against the coastal sliver since the operation.
Still referring to the assassination, the spokesman said by perpetrating such atrocity, the criminal and fragile Zionist regime proved once again that it was "founded upon assassination and crime."
Arouris martyrdom, he added, would heighten the impetus for resistance and anti-occupation struggle not only across Palestine but also throughout the region and among the worlds freedom-seeking people.
Kanani condoled with Hamas leadership, the Palestinian people, and Arouris survivors over his martyrdom.
The spokesman denounced the Israeli regimes violation of Lebanons sovereignty and territorial integrity during the drone attack.
He insisted that international organizations, especially the United Nations Security Council, had to issue "immediate and effective" reaction to the Zionist regimes acts of terror.
Kanani finally warned the Israeli regime and its supporters about the consequences of Tel Avivs new adventurism.
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