A delegation including family members of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Imad Mughniyeh attended a farewell ceremony in Tehran on Friday for the eliminated Iranian leader, according to Abu Ali Express. The gathering also included senior Hezbollah figures and representatives of Iraqi Shiite militias, the report said.
A delegation of family members of slain Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh and former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah traveled to Tehran on Friday to participate in the farewell ceremonies for the eliminated Iranian leader, a development that underscores the depth of the Iran-Hezbollah alliance. According to the Abu Ali Express news outlet, the delegation also included senior Hezbollah figures and families of other slain Hezbollah commanders. The report noted that representatives from Lebanon's Amal movement and Iraq's Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces (al-Hashd al-Shaabi), including the Kata'ib Hezbollah faction, were also present.
The event comes as Tehran hosts week-long funeral ceremonies for the leader who was eliminated months ago. As The Zioneer previously reported, the formal processions began earlier this week at the Mosalla complex in the capital, with foreign delegations from Russia, China, and Iraq in attendance.
The attendance of the Nasrallah and Mughniyeh families is a highly symbolic gesture of solidarity. Mughniyeh, the former Hezbollah military chief, was assassinated in 2008, and Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike in September 2024. The report quoted sources describing the delegation's gesture as "honorary tears."
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