An advisor of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei said his trip to Lebanon meant to convey the message that Tehran supports the resistance front under all circumstances.

Ali Larijani made the remarks to reporters in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday following a meeting with the country’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.

In response to a question about whether the Islamic Republic had given up on its support for the resistance, Larijani said, “I suppose that you take joking remarks very seriously. Who has said these?”

“We support the resistance under all circumstances,” he added, noting that his underway trip to Lebanon was meant to convey this message.

“We consider it to be our responsibility to support the Lebanese people and their demands, and hope that the country’s conditions be ameliorated as soon as possible.”

The former parliament speaker further hoped that the people, who have been displaced amid incessant Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon, would be able to return to their places of residence soon.

The Iranian official, however, expressed confidence in the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah’s capability to defend the country, saying, “Hezbollah is a stalwart movement. The Lebanese nation is a stalwart nation too.”

Larijani said both the movement and the Lebanese people were well aware of how they had to act in defense of the country in the face of the atrocities that were being perpetrated by the Israeli regime and its allies.

The official also said he had conveyed a message from Ayatollah Khamenei to Berri, but did not provide any information on its contents.