Raisi Meets Mikati: Resistance Does Not Receive Orders from Iran

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi confirmed during his meeting with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati that "the resistance is independent in decision-making and action and does not receive orders from Iran," emphasizing that "Hezbollah's actions in southern Lebanon are based on wisdom, rationality, and deterrence to prevent aggression." This meeting took place on the sidelines of the extraordinary joint Islamic Arab summit in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, concerning the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.