Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has denounced Israeli jets low flyby over a Lebanese stadium, where a funeral ceremony for martyred Hezbollah leaders was taking place, as an “act of terror” meant to terrify mourners.

According to The Iran Project, On Sunday, hundreds of thousands of people packed into the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in Beirut and the streets outside for the funeral of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Sayyed Hashem Safieddine.

Israeli war minister Israel Katz said in a statement that the regime’s fighter jets buzzed over the funeral procession to “convey a clear message” to Hezbollah.

The flyover triggered chants of “Death to Israel”, “Death to America” and “At your service, Nasrallah” by the mourners.

Araghchi, who had attended the funeral, said in an X post on Sunday that he was a witness to the Israeli violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty.

“I also witnessed, with my own eyes, the violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty by Israeli jets that flew close above our heads, in a pitiful attempt to terrify people who gathered only to mourn. If that is not an act of terror, then what is?” he added.

“The violation only emboldened people in the stadium to shout against Israel even stronger and louder. Israelis never learn their lesson.”

The top Iranian diplomat also noted that he was “honored” to have joined the mourners in Beirut.

Using US-supplied bunker-busting bombs, Israel assassinated Nasrallah, the longtime leader of Hezbollah, in an airstrike on southern Beirut in September 2024. The following month, the criminal regime assassinated Safieddine, the head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, in a similar attack.

Hours before and during the funeral, the Israeli military carried out a series of strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon in violation of a ceasefire deal that ended a year-long war with the Hezbollah resistance movement in November 2024.

In a televised speech played at the event, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem said, “The resistance is still present and strong in numbers and weapons, and the inevitable victory is coming.”

He also vowed to continue down Nasrallah’s path “even if we are all killed.”