Israel should not be allowed to attack “Axis of Resistance” countries one after the other, Iranian President Masoud Pezheskian said today.

Israel earlier said it had bombed Houthi rebel targets in Yemen, widening its standoff with Tehran’s allies in the region following the killing of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday.

According to Iran’s state media, Pezeshkian said Lebanon should be supported. “Lebanese fighters should not be left alone in this battle so that the Zionist regime (ie Israel) does not attack the countries of the Axis of Resistance (ie as Iran and its allies call themselves) , one after another,” he said.

A deputy commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Abbas Nilforoushan, was also killed along with Nasrallah in Beirut.

“We cannot accept such actions and they will not go unanswered. A decisive reaction is necessary,” Pezeskian added.

Earlier, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani condemned the Israeli strikes in Yemen, saying “civil infrastructure” such as a power plant and fuel tanks had been hit. “Iran once again warns of the consequences of the warmongering of the Zionist regime on regional and international peace and security,” Kanaani said.

According to the Houthi government’s Ministry of Health, today’s strikes in Yemen killed four people and wounded 29 others.