Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday mocked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after dozens of diplomats from dozens of nations staged a walkout of his speech to the United Nations Normal Meeting on Friday.
“Right this moment, the evil Zionist regime is probably the most despised and remoted regime on the earth,” he mentioned in a put up on X, along with a photograph of Netanyahu chatting with a largely empty Normal Meeting.
Netanyahu’s UNGA speech, which was performed by huge loudspeakers that he ordered the Israel Protection Forces to put in inside Gaza, lambasted Western leaders for recognizing a Palestinian state, and vowed that Israel won’t ever enable the world to “shove a terrorist state down our throats.”
“We won’t commit nationwide suicide since you don’t have the center to face down a hostile media and antisemitic mobs demanding Israel’s blood,” he instructed the largely vacant corridor.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations Normal Meeting at UN headquarters in New York Metropolis on September 26, 2025 after dozens of delegates walked out forward of his speech (Picture by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
The walkout of the premier’s speech was organized by the Palestinian Authority, and included diplomats from almost all Arab and Muslim international locations, a number of African and Asian international locations, in addition to quite a lot of vital European nations.
Whereas most seats had been left empty, Iran’s seats had been stuffed with a compilation of pictures of kids that Tehran mentioned had been killed throughout Israel’s conflict there in June.
Right this moment, the evil Zionist regime is probably the most despised and remoted regime on the earth. pic.twitter.com/pWJBQSQBho
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 27, 2025
Iran’s high safety official visits Beirut for Nasrallah memorial
In the meantime, a high Iranian safety official visited Lebanon on Saturday, calling on regional international locations to place their distinction apart and cooperate intently as they face what he known as “Israel’s conspiracies.”
Ali Larijani, head of Iran’s Supreme Nationwide Safety Council, arrived in Beirut earlier Saturday to attend the anniversary of Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon.
Iran has been the principle backer of Hezbollah over the previous 4 a long time, supplying it with weapons and cash which have turned it into probably the most highly effective terror teams within the area. However Hezbollah suffered heavy losses in a 14-month conflict with Israel, which ended with a US-brokered ceasefire in November, with a lot of its high management killed in Israeli strikes.
“Right this moment, amid Israel’s conspiracies, regional states ought to intently cooperate, and even when there have been disagreements between them, they need to put these disagreements apart,” Larjani mentioned after an almost one-hour assembly with Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.
Iran’s safety chief Ali Larijani (C) and Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani (R) attend a ceremony marking the primary anniversary of Israel’s assassination of longtime Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut’s southern suburbs on September 27, 2025. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Larijani praised the decision by Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem for Saudi Arabia to open a brand new web page after years of tense relations, calling it “a step in the correct course.”
Referring to Israel, Larijani mentioned Saudi Arabia and Hezbollah each “have a standard enemy.”
Requested about experiences that Israel would possibly launch new strikes in opposition to Iran, Larijani mentioned, “We’re able to face all eventualities, however I don’t assume that the Israelis will behave on this silly means.”
“In the event that they try this, they may obtain robust retaliation,” Larijani mentioned, with out elaborating.
Becoming a member of Larjani, 1000’s of Hezbollah supporters gathered on the tomb of the fear group’s former chief Nasrallah to mark the primary anniversary of his dying.
The Iran-backed terror group, weakened by a lethal conflict with Israel final yr, has organized a sequence of commemorative occasions to mark Nasrallah’s dying.
Hezbollah supporters shout slogans throughout an occasion commemorating the anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Lebanon, September 25, 2025. (AP Picture/Hussein Malla)
Waving the group’s yellow banner in addition to Lebanese, Palestinian and Iranian flags, Hezbollah supporters gathered on the chief’s mausoleum, close to Beirut airport, whereas partisan and non secular songs blared from loudspeakers, an AFP journalist reported.
The charismatic chief, a significant determine within the wider area, was killed in a large Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on September 27, 2024.
With out Nasrallah and with a lot of its army functionality destroyed by Israel, Hezbollah’s grip on Lebanese politics has weakened.
The federal government has gone so far as to order the military to disarm the fear group, as soon as thought better-equipped than the state. Since his appointment earlier this yr, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, beneath stress from the US, has pushed for the fear group to demilitarize.
1000’s in attendance for the one-year martyrdom anniversary held for Hezbollah leaders Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine. pic.twitter.com/lS02YCkEU7
— Tehran Instances (@TehranTimes79) September 27, 2025
For most of the supporters gathered for the anniversary, that shouldn’t be allowed to occur.
Wisam Hodroj, a 51-year-old working in Iraq, arrived early on the commemorations, the place the brand new chief Qassem was resulting from converse within the presence of Iranian safety chief Larijani.
He mentioned: “What has occurred because the final conflict has solely elevated our enthusiasm and energy. Right this moment, we have now a brand new trigger — we won’t compromise on our weapons, and we won’t hand them over.”
Close by, Ali Jaafar, a 21-year-old college pupil, instructed AFP: “Handing over the weapons is the dream of the enemies, the inner and exterior ones — however it’s going to stay only a dream.”
