As Tehran lambastes Israeli ‘war crime’ in Beirut, top adviser to supreme leader says: ‘With the assassination of resistance leaders, others will take their place’ Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called an emergency session of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council at his home Friday, The New York Times reported, citing two Iranian officials with knowledge of the meeting.

The officials said the meeting was called following the Israeli strikes on Hezbollah headquarters in southern Beirut which apparently targeted the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian condemned the strikes as a “flagrant war crime” that “has revealed once again the nature of this regime’s state terrorism.”

Ali Larijani, adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, said Israel “is crossing Tehran’s red lines, and the situation is becoming serious.”

“Assassinations will not solve Israel’s problem… With the assassination of resistance leaders, others will take their place,” Larijani told Iran’s state TV, amid speculation that Nasrallah had been killed. “The resistance has strong commanders and cadres, and every commander who is martyred will have a replacement,” he said. “With the assassination of the resistance leaders, other people will replace them. Israel’s problem is not solved by terror. Rather, the people of Lebanon are becoming more determined to confront the Zionists.”

Iran’s foreign ministry said in a statement after the strikes that it was “a war crime” for which Israel and US should be held accountable. The Iranian embassy in Lebanon condemned the Israeli strikes, warning of a “dangerous escalation” in the Middle East.

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