A statement issued by the Islamic Resistance (13):‏

In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate‏
‏And those who are fighting have been permitted, because they have been wronged, and indeed Allah is capable of granting them victory

In defense of Lebanon and its people, and as part of the Kheybar 1 operations wave, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance targeted at 20:30 on Tuesday 17/03/2026 the settlements of: Kiryat Shmona, Al-Mutilla, Al-Malikiyya, Dishon, Avivim, Kfar Blum, Ramot Naftali, Zar'it, Shitula, Even Menachem, and Beit Hillel with large rocket barrages.

And victory comes only from Allah, the Almighty, the Wise.‏
Tuesday 17-03-2026‏
27 Ramadan 1447 AH

To the dear and proud Iranian people,
To the free peoples of the world,
To the lovers of the resistance wherever they may be,
And to all Muslims:

A servant of God has joined his Lord as a martyr.

The pure souls of the martyrs have embraced the sanctified soul of a righteous servant of God, the martyr Dr. Ali Larijani, who spent his life for the sake of the pride of Iran, its Islamic revolution, and the causes of liberation in the world, until he attained his greatest wish at the end of his journey. He answered the call of Truth and ascended as a martyr in the field of service. He joined the Commander of the Faithful, Ali bin Abi Talib (peace be upon him), the Imam of martyrs; the leader of the caravan of martyrdom and jihad in the face of America and "israel", His Eminence Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei; his master, the martyr His Eminence Ayatollah Motahari; and his comrades on the path, the martyrs Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Hajj Qasem Soleimani.

Until the final moments of his blessed life, he remained striving to elevate the word of God, loyal to the causes of the nation and its advancement, calling for unity of ranks and cohesion in the face of the bloodthirsty enemy, and advising and emphasizing this.

In the end, in a blessed dawn of the month of Ramadan, he attained the high rank of martyrdom, accompanied by his believing son, Morteza, the security assistant in the General Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Reza Bayat, and a group of zealous protectors.

Inevitable victory awaits those who strive in the way of Truth, and these martyrdoms only increase the nation's steadfastness and determination to continue the path of those men who were true to what they pledged to God.

Congratulations to him on this status, for it was a natural merit for a journey of jihad whose reward could be nothing less than this great victory.

General Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council
27/03/2026