Israel's Bombing of Lebanon Will Not Go Unpunished Iran's Resistance to US/Israeli Aggression
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Israel's Bombing of Lebanon Will Not Go Unpunished Iran's Resistance to
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Celebration in Tehran, March 9, 2026, following the
election of Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei
as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran - Photo: Press
TV
It is reported that Iran's speaker of parliament Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf
will join Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in leading talks in Islamabad,
Pakistani officials told Reuters on Thursday. Pakistan had previously urged the
United States not to target either official and to allow negotiations to
proceed. Referring to the unconscionable Israeli bombing of Lebanon, Ghalibaf
on Thursday reiterated that "Lebanon and the entire Resistance Axis, as
Iran's allies, form an inseparable part of the ceasefire". He added,
"Ceasefire violations carry explicit costs and
strong
responses.
Extinguish the fire immediately."
Mass rally in Baghdad opposing US/Israeli aggression
against Iran, April 4, 2026
Iranian officials and military leadership issued co-ordinated warnings over
Lebanon, praising resistance operations and signalling escalation if Israeli
attacks continue despite the ceasefire framework. Iranian officials continue to
stress that Lebanon is an integral part of ceasefire terms. Iranian officials
have repeatedly stated that any ceasefire agreement must include Lebanon,
framing ongoing Israeli strikes there as violations of the deal.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that maritime passage through
the Strait of Hormuz would be possible during the ceasefire period only if the
other side complies with its commitments, according to the Iranian Foreign
Ministry.
For his part, Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian said on X: "The
repeated aggression by the Zionist entity against Lebanon is a flagrant
violation of the initial ceasefire agreement and a dangerous indicator of
deceit and lack of commitment to potential accords. The continuation of these
aggressions will render negotiations meaningless; our hands will remain on the
trigger, and Iran will never abandon its Lebanese brothers and sisters."
Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh also confirmed that Iran's
participation in Islamabad talks remains conditional on halting Israeli
aggression against Lebanon, noting that "any peace in the region must
include Lebanon".
Israeli attacks across Lebanon have intensified dramatically. According to
the Lebanese Civil Defence, at least 254 people were killed and 1,165 wounded
in a single day, following approximately 150 airstrikes within two hours
targeting Beirut, its southern suburbs, southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, and
Mount Lebanon. Iranian officials described these attacks as massacres and a
clear violation of the ceasefire framework announced following US-Iran
understandings.
Russia and China on Tuesday had vetoed a draft UN Security Council
resolution concerning the Strait of Hormuz, blocking a Bahrain-backed proposal.
This was a blatantly unjust resolution presented by Bahrain and engineered by
the US - which currently holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council
- and its allies to attack Iran. Among other things, the resolution turns
reality on its head, claiming that the victim, Iran, is the aggressor. It then
illegitimately lays claim to "the inherent right of individual or
collective self-defence in response to the deplorable armed attacks by the
Islamic Republic of Iran, as recognised by Article 51 of the United Nations
Charter".
Protest against US Air Force using RAF Fairford to bomb
Iran, March 7
Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, had strongly
rejected the draft, describing it as fundamentally flawed and politically
motivated. He said that the resolution "unjustifiably and misleadingly
portrays Iran's lawful measures... as threats to international peace and
security," according to reporting by
The Washington Post
.
Iravani emphasised that Iran's actions in the Strait of Hormuz fall under
its "inherent right of self-defence in accordance with the UN
Charter", rejecting claims that Tehran is responsible for destabilising
maritime security. He also criticised the framing of the resolution, arguing
that it ignored the broader context of the conflict, including recent military
actions targeting Iran. In fact, Iran is selectively preventing passage of
ships of the aggressors that are illegally bombing it, through a waterway for
which it is responsible. For this it is "condemned" by the masters of
deception and hypocrisy who have no legal or moral authority to tell anyone
what they can or cannot do.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, for his part, has on multiple occasions since
late March and early April, spuriously insisted that Britain will not be drawn
into the escalating US confrontation with Iran. His most widely cited
formulation - "this is not our war" - is characteristic of Starmer's
repeated effort to frame Britain as politically and militarily separate from
the conflict. Yet this position sits alongside confirmed reports that the
United States has been granted access to British-controlled military
facilities, including RAF Fairford, Lakenheath and Diego Garcia, bases which
form part of the operational infrastructure supporting US military activity.
Not only that, Starmer has maintained his cowardly silence in the face of
the US/Israeli terrorist assassinations of Iran's political and military
leaders, and the destruction of its civilian infrastructure and energy
supplies. It underlines his utter moral bankruptcy. Starmer refuses to
recognise that Iran has been acting in self-defence, a self-defence which has
proved so effective.
The US imperialists in their desperation are openly practising extreme
violence on a world scale yet they are sure to fail at placing the peoples of
the world and their resources under their control. The peoples of the world,
particularly the Muslim community, have a humanity, morality and integrity
which makes this impossible. Iran and its people are showing the way. The world
stands with the resistance and with the peoples of Iran, of Lebanon and of
Palestine.
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Celebration in Tehran, March 9, 2026, following the
election of Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei
as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran - Photo: Press
TV
It is reported that Iran's speaker of parliament Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf
will join Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in leading talks in Islamabad,
Pakistani officials told Reuters on Thursday. Pakistan had previously urged the
United States not to target either official and to allow negotiations to
proceed. Referring to the unconscionable Israeli bombing of Lebanon, Ghalibaf
on Thursday reiterated that "Lebanon and the entire Resistance Axis, as
Iran's allies, form an inseparable part of the ceasefire". He added,
"Ceasefire violations carry explicit costs and
strong
responses.
Extinguish the fire immediately."
Mass rally in Baghdad opposing US/Israeli aggression
against Iran, April 4, 2026
Iranian officials and military leadership issued co-ordinated warnings over
Lebanon, praising resistance operations and signalling escalation if Israeli
attacks continue despite the ceasefire framework. Iranian officials continue to
stress that Lebanon is an integral part of ceasefire terms. Iranian officials
have repeatedly stated that any ceasefire agreement must include Lebanon,
framing ongoing Israeli strikes there as violations of the deal.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that maritime passage through
the Strait of Hormuz would be possible during the ceasefire period only if the
other side complies with its commitments, according to the Iranian Foreign
Ministry.
For his part, Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian said on X: "The
repeated aggression by the Zionist entity against Lebanon is a flagrant
violation of the initial ceasefire agreement and a dangerous indicator of
deceit and lack of commitment to potential accords. The continuation of these
aggressions will render negotiations meaningless; our hands will remain on the
trigger, and Iran will never abandon its Lebanese brothers and sisters."
Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh also confirmed that Iran's
participation in Islamabad talks remains conditional on halting Israeli
aggression against Lebanon, noting that "any peace in the region must
include Lebanon".
Israeli attacks across Lebanon have intensified dramatically. According to
the Lebanese Civil Defence, at least 254 people were killed and 1,165 wounded
in a single day, following approximately 150 airstrikes within two hours
targeting Beirut, its southern suburbs, southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, and
Mount Lebanon. Iranian officials described these attacks as massacres and a
clear violation of the ceasefire framework announced following US-Iran
understandings.
Russia and China on Tuesday had vetoed a draft UN Security Council
resolution concerning the Strait of Hormuz, blocking a Bahrain-backed proposal.
This was a blatantly unjust resolution presented by Bahrain and engineered by
the US - which currently holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council
- and its allies to attack Iran. Among other things, the resolution turns
reality on its head, claiming that the victim, Iran, is the aggressor. It then
illegitimately lays claim to "the inherent right of individual or
collective self-defence in response to the deplorable armed attacks by the
Islamic Republic of Iran, as recognised by Article 51 of the United Nations
Charter".
Protest against US Air Force using RAF Fairford to bomb
Iran, March 7
Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, had strongly
rejected the draft, describing it as fundamentally flawed and politically
motivated. He said that the resolution "unjustifiably and misleadingly
portrays Iran's lawful measures... as threats to international peace and
security," according to reporting by
The Washington Post
.
Iravani emphasised that Iran's actions in the Strait of Hormuz fall under
its "inherent right of self-defence in accordance with the UN
Charter", rejecting claims that Tehran is responsible for destabilising
maritime security. He also criticised the framing of the resolution, arguing
that it ignored the broader context of the conflict, including recent military
actions targeting Iran. In fact, Iran is selectively preventing passage of
ships of the aggressors that are illegally bombing it, through a waterway for
which it is responsible. For this it is "condemned" by the masters of
deception and hypocrisy who have no legal or moral authority to tell anyone
what they can or cannot do.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, for his part, has on multiple occasions since
late March and early April, spuriously insisted that Britain will not be drawn
into the escalating US confrontation with Iran. His most widely cited
formulation - "this is not our war" - is characteristic of Starmer's
repeated effort to frame Britain as politically and militarily separate from
the conflict. Yet this position sits alongside confirmed reports that the
United States has been granted access to British-controlled military
facilities, including RAF Fairford, Lakenheath and Diego Garcia, bases which
form part of the operational infrastructure supporting US military activity.
Not only that, Starmer has maintained his cowardly silence in the face of
the US/Israeli terrorist assassinations of Iran's political and military
leaders, and the destruction of its civilian infrastructure and energy
supplies. It underlines his utter moral bankruptcy. Starmer refuses to
recognise that Iran has been acting in self-defence, a self-defence which has
proved so effective.
The US imperialists in their desperation are openly practising extreme
violence on a world scale yet they are sure to fail at placing the peoples of
the world and their resources under their control. The peoples of the world,
particularly the Muslim community, have a humanity, morality and integrity
which makes this impossible. Iran and its people are showing the way. The world
stands with the resistance and with the peoples of Iran, of Lebanon and of
Palestine.
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