A man taking a selfie with people holding a portrait of the former Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, before boarding for Beirut from Baghdad International Airport on Feb. 20, 2025. (Credit: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
Nearly five months after his assassination in massive Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, all eyes in the Middle East were on Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral on Sunday. The ceremony resonated differently across the region.Among the tens of thousands of attendees gathered to commemorate the former secretary-general of Hezbollah and his successor, Hashem Safieddine, was an Iranian delegation. Arriving at around 12:30 p.m., the delegation was led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf, accompanied by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and included around 40 MPs.Additionally, high-ranking commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Iran’s main military arm, and a delegation of clerics sent by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei were all present, according to the Iranian Labor News Agency ILNA. Read more The burial of a man or a...
Nearly five months after his assassination in massive Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, all eyes in the Middle East were on Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral on Sunday. The ceremony resonated differently across the region.Among the tens of thousands of attendees gathered to commemorate the former secretary-general of Hezbollah and his successor, Hashem Safieddine, was an Iranian delegation. Arriving at around 12:30 p.m., the delegation was led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf, accompanied by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and included around 40 MPs.Additionally, high-ranking commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Iran’s main military arm, and a delegation of clerics sent by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei were all present, according to the Iranian Labor News Agency ILNA. Read more The burial of a...