Iran and its terror proxies reportedly met in Tehran on Thursday amid rising tensions with Israel following the deaths of high-profile leaders from Hezbollah and Hamas this week.
Two high-profile assassinations in the Middle East prompted Iran to hold a meeting with representatives from its proxy groups to plan a response to those deaths, for which Iranian officials have blamed Israel. Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, speaking Thursday at a funeral for the group’s 'No.
The representatives hail from groups such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Iraqi terror groups and the Houthi movement – all of whom the U.S. and others have said are proxies of Iran. They will meet with Khamenei and senior members of the IRGC, according to officials with knowledge of the meeting.
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