TEHRAN – Iran’s vice president for strategic affairs and former foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has conveyed his condolences to the secretary-general of the Hezbollah Resistance movement on the martyrdom of Ibrahim Aqil, a highly venerated Lebanese commander.

The General was martyred during a Friday Israeli strike on a residential building in southern Beirut. Several other Hezbollah commanders were targeted alongside Aqil.

Zarif’s Monday message is as follows:

In light of the martyrdom of the esteemed jihadist commander, the resilient martyr Ibrahim Aqil, who remained true to his commitment to God and lost his life in the vicious assault by the criminal Zionist regime, I offer my sincere congratulations and condolences.

This attack resulted in the loss of this courageous commander along with several of his fellow heroic commanders of the Islamic Resistance, who now join their martyred companions, including martyr Imad Mughniyeh, martyr Fouad Shokor, and all the martyrs of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon and Palestine, particularly those who sacrificed for the cause of Quds, with General Qassem Soleimani being notably recognized as the martyr of Quds by the valiant martyr Ismail Haniyeh.

May they all find solace in the presence of the Almighty God and be among the righteous in the highest paradise, receiving their rightful place before God.

I pay tribute to the memory of this revered martyr and extend my congratulations to his family, relatives, comrades, friends, and all those who strive in the path of God and Quds—the noble individuals of sacrifice and martyrdom, the victorious and proud Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, the dignified Lebanese nation, all nations seeking independence and the realization of their right to self-determination, the proud Islamic Ummah, and all defenders of truth and justice globally.

I call upon everyone to unite their efforts in support of Palestine and the nations in the region that face daily atrocities committed by the Israeli regime, urging the international community to put an end to occupation, violence, and aggression.”