Iran commemorates Soleimani and foreign minister links Lebanon war to Israeli occupation
A ceremony marking Gen. Qassem Soleimani's death anniversary was held in Tehran, while Iran's foreign minister linked the end of the Lebanon conflict to Israel's withdrawal, and reported the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
People waved Iranian flags and held a poster of Gen. Qassem Soleimani during a ceremony commemorating his death anniversary at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, according to AP News.
Iranian state television displayed remarks from Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in an onscreen graphic during a briefing to foreign diplomats, according to gdelt. Araghchi said, "The end of the war in Lebanon is an inseparable part of complete end of the war," and added that "without the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territories they occupied during this war, the war has not fully come to an end."
Araghchi also said Israeli attacks on Lebanon would be considered a violation of the Memorandum of Understanding, according to gdelt.
He further stated that the end of the Iran war includes the end of Israel's occupation of Lebanon, according to gdelt.
According to gdelt, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28.
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