Death of Nasrallah: Iran's leader calls on Muslims to confront Israel

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00:00Iran sees the network of armed groups it has formed across the Middle East as the axis

00:05of resistance.

00:07This was the statement of Iran's supreme leader read out on television after Hassan Nasrallah

00:13was killed.

00:16The fate of this region will be decided by the resistance forces with Hezbollah at their

00:21head.

00:24Iran's enemies see these proxies as a threatening alliance.

00:29And Iran's way of confronting them indirectly.

00:33Not just Israel and the United States, but also its rivals in the region.

00:38The most powerful group in the axis remains Hezbollah.

00:43Its militants carried out terrorist attacks on US and French forces in the past.

00:49In recent years, it has focused on fighting Israel and on backing President Bashar al-Assad,

00:55another Iran ally, during the war in Syria.

00:59In Gaza, the axis comprises of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.

01:04In Iraq, pro-Iranian Islamic resistance militias have joined the axis.

01:10And in Yemen, the Houthi militia.

01:13Since October 7th, those groups have all tried to hit the Israeli territory.

01:19The Houthis also targeted cargo ships in the Red Sea, a key route for international commerce.

01:25Six pro-Iran militants struck a US military base early this year.

01:31Those are the groups Iran's leader has called to escalate their fighting with Israel.

01:36And although most of their attacks have been intercepted, Iran has provided them with a

01:41vast arsenal of missiles, which they haven't used to their full capacities.

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