Overview
- Tehran hosted an international virtual conference on January 1 marking the sixth anniversary of Qassem Soleimani’s killing.
- The event, titled “Soleimani’s School, the Logic of Resistance, and the Future of the Front of Truth,” featured delegations tied to Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, with participants from Iraq and Yemen.
- Hakham Younes Hamami Lalehzar, a senior figure in Iran’s Jewish community, spoke at the conference alongside those groups.
- In remarks cited by Iranian media, he praised Soleimani’s ideological legacy and credited him with aiding Yazidi and Assyrian communities against ISIS in Iraq.
- Coverage noted continuing protests and economic strain in Iran, with Jewish communities keeping a low profile, and one outlet reported that most Jewish detainees from earlier arrests were released except one.