Iran supreme leader thanks 'resistance front', Hezbollah
Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei thanked Tehran's allied armed groups across the region including in Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen on Thursday.
"I also express my sincere gratitude to the fighters of the 'Resistance Front'," Khamenei said in a statement read by a news anchor on state television, referring to the Houthis in Yemen, Lebanon's Hezbollah as well as allied groups in Iraq.
He said "sacrificing Hezbollah" has "assisted the Islamic republic despite all obstacles".
Source: Agence France Presse, Naharnet
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