An Iranian diplomat likens Tehran's relationship with the resistance to NATO. Reactions varied regarding Iran's position on supporting resistance movements.
Researchers and politicians pointed out that the Iranian constitution obliges the country to support the resistance. Iranian observers wondered what was meant by Irani’s talk about the “defensive alliance between the Islamic Republic and the resistance factions.” The Al-Aqsa Flood Battle and the ongoing Israeli war on the Palestinian resistance movements in Gaza proved that “there is no real defensive alliance”