Iranian President Pezeshkian: Lebanese Fighters Should Not Be Left Alone In This Battle

JAKARTA - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday, Israel should not be allowed to attack countries in the "Poros of Resistance" in favor of Iran one by one.

Israel said it had bombed Houthi targets in Yemen on Sunday, expanding its confrontation with Iran's allies in the region, after killing Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday in an escalating conflict in Lebanon.

President Pezeshkian, in comments published by state media, said Lebanon should be supported.

"Lebanese fighters should not be left alone in this battle so that the Zionist regime (Israel) does not attack the Axis countries of the Resistance one by one," he said.

A deputy commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Abbas Nilforoushan, was also killed in an attack that killed the Hezbollah leader in Beirut.

"We cannot accept such actions and those actions will not be left alone. Strict reactions are needed," said President Pezeshkian.

Separately, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Miki condemned the Israeli attack on Yemen, saying in a statement that the attack targeted "civil infrastructure" such as power plants and fuel tanks.

"Iran once again warns of the consequences of the Zionist regime (Israel)'s war incitement to regional and international peace and security," added spokesman Nasser Miki.

In an attack on Yemen fighter jets bombed "site-site with multiple functions such as energy infrastructure" in Hodeidah. Israeli military spokeswoman said the port was used by the Houthis to receive Iranian weapons shipments.