The axis of resistance is a perfect example of Islamic unity and a manifestation of proximity among the Islamic denominations.

Islamic resistance has proved during the recent years, particularly in the past nine months, how successfully it can achieve unity among its different fronts. However, the grounds for this solidarity had been provided across the Islamic lands throughout decades. That has been a display of true resolution and unity of the Islamic nation.
 
The ring of fire, made by the Shia and Sunni fighters, that surrounds the occupation and criminal Israeli regime should be recognized merely as the result of close cooperation among fighters from different Islamic resistance movements.
 
The fact that Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Ansarullah movements are pioneering defense of the Palestinians in Gaza and are showing unique cooperation with their Sunni brothers in Hamas, is the fruit of a unity that holy Qur’an has called all Muslims to: “Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I advise you to do ˹only˺ one thing: stand up for ˹the sake of˺ Allah—individually or in pairs” (Chapter Saba: 34)
 
But this empowering unity of Muslim fighters is owed to the precedent Shia and Sunni scholars- primarily to the late founder of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini (RA), Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, devoted resistance fighters led by Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Abdul Malik al-Houthi and late Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
 
Yes, today when a part of the Islamic lands is invaded, the resistance fighters do not care for the denomination of the people there but their sole concern is to defend the oppressed people and push the enemies back.
 
Enemies of Islam, most important of them the Israeli regime, have unconsciously contributed to this Islamic solidarity.
 
The occupying Israeli regime, in its brutal crimes committed against Gazans, has created motivation for the different parts of the resistance axis to boost their solidarity.
 
By the grace of God Almighty, also the achievements of the resistance fighters and prayers of the Islamic nation, the usurping regime of Israel will be buried in the same grave it has dug by its hands.
 
Sayyed Mohammadreza Mortazavi Khalili is an Iranian Shia cleric and the director of the international affairs at World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought. He has headed the international section of the annual Islamic Unity Conference in 2022.