Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Friday delivered a rare prayer sermon in Tehran, where he defended Hamas' and Iran's attacks on Israel as "legal and legitimate". During the sermon attended by thousands at a mosque in Tehran, Khamenei claimed that the US and its allies were preserving Israel's security to make it an energy exporting gate from the region to the West, and declared that the resistance against the Zionist force would not back down.
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03:43The burial ceremony of assassinated Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah will be held on Friday, even as Israel continues to pound Lebanon, where the Shiite militant operated.
A report published by Iranian state media IRNA has confirmed that Nasrallah's burial ceremony will take place on Friday.
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In its second-ever direct attack on Israel, Iran launched some 200 missiles on Tuesday, with most of them -- but not all -- intercepted by Israeli air defences with help from allies.
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