TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanaani, vehemently denounced Israel's recent assassination of a senior Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon, labeling it a "despicable terrorist operation."

Kanaani made the remarks in a statement issued on Monday, reacting to the killing of high-level commander from Hezbollah's elite Radwan forces Wissam Hassan al-Tawil by an Israeli drone attack targeting his car in the village of Khirbet Selm.

The spokesman characterized the Zionist regime's resort to terrorist operations as a “glaring manifestation of its evident military weakness and failure.” He stated, “The regime suffered severe blows in its attempts to assert dominance on the battlefield, notably in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, during the Al-Aqsa Storm operation and the three-month conflict against the Palestinian people in Gaza.”

In issuing a warning to the global community, including the United Nations Security Council, Kanaani highlighted the Zionist regime's “overt and adventurous” endeavors to escalate conflict and war in the region. He also emphasized the ongoing war crimes committed by the Zionist regime against Palestinian citizens in Gaza and the West Bank, condemning its explicit violation of Lebanon and Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The spokesman stressed that the regime's recourse to organized terrorism constitutes an immediate threat to regional and global peace and security. “Undoubtedly, the criminal Zionist regime and its supporters bear direct responsibility for the inevitable consequences stemming from such terrorist and adventurous actions,” he further noted.

As the deputy head of a unit in Radwan force, Al-Tawil is the highest-ranking Hezbollah member to be killed since the Israel-Hamas war began. His killing comes just days after Saleh Al-Arouri, the deputy head of the political bureau of Hamas, and three others died in a strike on an office building in Beirut. The situation raises concerns about the potential for a wider regional conflict.

MAS