Given the escalating conflict between Israel and the pro-Iranian Shiite Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, Tehran says it does not want to send soldiers there or to the Gaza Strip. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said in Tehran today: “There is no need to send additional forces or volunteers from the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Lebanon and fighters in the Palestinian territories have “the ability and strength to defend themselves against aggression.”
Al-Kanani said: “We have not received any requests in this regard from any party.” “On the contrary: we have been informed and we know that they do not need the help of our forces.”
At the same time, the Foreign Ministry spokesman announced the response to the Israeli army's attacks on the Iranians. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and high-ranking representatives of the pro-Iranian militia were killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut on Friday. In addition, the deputy head of operations of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Lebanon, Abbas Nilforoushan, was killed in the bombing.
The Iranian government sent high-level advisors to represent Hezbollah in Tehran. In recent days, a number of government officials and military leaders visited the office in the Iranian capital. Iranian President Masoud Peshkian visited Hezbollah's office in Tehran to pay his last respects to Nasrallah, according to the government's website.
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