Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has asserted that Iran does not have any proxy forces in West Asia, dismissing claims that the country has lost its so-called proxies in the region.

According to The Iran Project, He made the remarks on Sunday during a meeting with a group of religious eulogists on the occasion of the birthday anniversary of Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra (SA), the beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

The Leader contended the resistance fighters in Yemen, and groups such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, and the Palestinian Hamas and Islamic Jihad, are fighting because of their faith.

“They (the enemies) consistently say that the Islamic Republic has lost its regional proxies—this is yet another mistake! The Islamic Republic does not have any proxy forces,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.

Resistance fighters, he explained, “are driven by their beliefs; they fight because of their convictions, not on our behalf.”