Iran’s top Navy commander says the Axis of Resistance is no longer confined by geography, warning that Israel and the United States will face a united Islamic front following the martyrdom of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
Speaking to Yemen’s Al Masirah television, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said the followers of the martyred Leader have “gathered today to renew the bond of brotherhood and unity they learned from his teachings.”
“Resistance is no longer limited to geographical boundaries,” he said, warning that the enemy “must understand that today it is not confronting a single country, but the greater Islamic nation and the Islamic Resistance.”
Irani also warned that Israel and its allies should brace for retaliation by Muslim fighters seeking to avenge those martyred in the US-Israeli war against Iran, saying they would face “a crushing blow that will shatter them.”
He made the remarks on the sidelines of the farewell ceremony for Ayatollah Khamenei in Tehran on Sunday.
In separate remarks to the Yemeni broadcaster, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, senior adviser to the late Leader, called on Muslim nations and “all free peoples” of the world to stand together against the oppression of the United States and the Israeli regime.
Safavi said he was confident that unity among Muslim nations and the Axis of Resistance would strengthen the Islamic world and elevate it into one of the world’s major centers of power.
Millions of mourners from across Iran and abroad performed funeral prayers for Ayatollah Khamenei and members of his family at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla on Sunday.
The funeral prayers followed ceremonies that began on Friday with the arrival of dozens of world leaders and senior foreign officials in the capital.
The event drew one of the largest gatherings of foreign dignitaries in Iran in recent decades, with representatives from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, as well as international organizations, attending the ceremonies.
Funeral processions are scheduled to continue on Tuesday in the holy city of Qom and on Thursday in Mashhad, where Ayatollah Khamenei will be laid to rest at the shrine of Imam Reza.
