TEHRAN - Iranians on Sunday held ceremonies in different cities to commemorate Hezbollah's former leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, both of whom were killed in Israeli attacks on Beirut last year.

The ceremony in the Iranian capital Tehran was held at Imam Khomeini's Mosalla, a large prayer hall, and drew a significant crowd. Among the attendees were President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami.

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People waved the flags of Hezbollah and Lebanon and chanted slogans against Israel and the United States, while voicing support for the resistance front.

Speaking to reporters at the ceremony, the Iranian president said the "enemies" thought that they could stop the resistance by "martyring one or two individuals, but this is impossible."

Delivering a speech at the gathering, the IRGC's chief commander described Nasrallah and Safieddine as two "luminous and shining stars" and symbols of resistance in the Muslim world.

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He added that during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah entered the scene and single-handedly changed the equation in the conflict.

Nasrallah was assassinated on Sept 27, 2024, in an Israeli airstrike targeting Hezbollah's headquarters in the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Beirut's Dahieh suburb.

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Safieddine, widely regarded as Nasrallah's successor, was killed in a subsequent Israeli airstrike on Oct 3, 2024, also in the Dahieh suburb.