India, Feb. 23 -- Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday vowed to continue "resistance" against Israel, on the day of the funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

In a statement published on his official website as the funeral got underway in Beirut, Khamenei said that the resistance would continue 'till the desired goal is achieved'.

"The enemy should know that resistance against usurpation, oppression, and arrogance is not over and will continue until the desired goal is achieved," the statement read, in an apparent reference to Israel.

Tens of thousands of mourners dressed in black vowed support for Hezbollah at the funeral of Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, his chosen successor who was killed in another Israel...