Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will lead Friday prayers for the first time in nearly five years, honouring slain Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah, killed in Israeli airstrikes on September 27
Notably, Khamenei’s address comes just days before the first anniversary of the Gaza war on October 7. The war between Israel and Hamas, the militant group governing Gaza, was triggered after Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel. Hamas, like Hezbollah, is an Iranian-backed militant group. Yemen-based Houthis are also part of this alliance, collectively known as the ‘Axis of Resistance’, which opposes the United States and Israel.
