“America’s equation asking us to choose between being killed or surrender does not concern us and we will cling to our rights. In the name of Hezbollah, I declare that we are ready for both choices -- for peace, building the country and engaging in utmost cooperation for revival and stability, and also for confrontation and defense. We are people who cannot be defeated and we will not give up our dignity and rights.”“Qassem says Hezbollah ready for both peace and war,” Naharnet, July 6, 2025, https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/314017-qassem-says-hezbollah-ready-for-both-peace-and-war.

“Our enmity with America is a matter of belief and part of the struggle against arrogance.”“Iran’s enmity with US rooted in ideology, Revolutionary Guards chief says,” Iran International, June 11, 2025, https://www.iranintl.com/en/202506115306.

“The United States has a decayed military, incapacitated officials, and widespread challenges.”“Revolutionary Guard chief calls US a ‘weakening power,’” Iran International, May 13, 2025, https://www.iranintl.com/en/202505138941.

In a Quds Day speech delayed a day because of Israeli strikes on Beirut:

“Israel will not get during peace time what it was not able to achieve by war. Let everyone know that this resistance (Hezbollah) is present and ready and at the same time is committed to the agreement.”

“We will not allow anyone to deprive us from using our force and capabilities to confront this enemy.”

Hezbollah “is not weak in facing the projects of America and Israel.”Nurit Yohanan and agencies, “Hezbollah chief threatens response to continued Israeli ‘aggression’ in Lebanon,” Times of Israel, March 30, 2025, https://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-chief-threatens-to-act-against-continued-israeli-aggression-in-lebanon/.

One day after Hamas announced it had accepted a ceasefire with Israel to end the 15-month war Hamas launched on October 7, 2023:

“We are preparing to carry out more impactful and effective attacks that Israel and the United States will not anticipate.”“Yemen: ‘We are preparing to carry out more impactful and effective attacks that Israel and the United States will not anticipate,’ the Houthi leader affirmed,” Yemen Online, January 16, 2025, https://www.yemenonline.info/politics/8585.

“Some sow doubts about whether it’s possible to confront a modern, advanced, dominating, powerful system like the US govt. Yes, the Iranian ppl have fought it & have certainly succeeded so far. Today, the Iranian nation has been able to push back & weaken this great enemy, the US.” (Tweet)“Khamenei.ir,” Twitter post, November 2, 2024, 12:47 p.m., https://x.com/khamenei_ir/status/1852754341297635784.

“The United States of America and the Zionist regime will definitely receive a crushing response for what they do against #Iran and the #Resistance Front.” (Tweet)“Khamenei.ir,” Twitter post, November 2, 2024, 6:22 a.m., https://x.com/khamenei_ir/status/1852657586505384183.

A statement entitled “The Martyrdom of Shaykh Ismael Haniyeh,” encouraging attacks on Israel and the U.S.:

“[Israel and the U.S.] are but two faces of the same coin, therefore it is necessary for us to target America and Israel in the whole world, just as American and Israel are waging a global war against us, the people of Islam.”“Al-Qaeda In The Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) Eulogizes Hamas Political Leader Haniyeh, Calls For Global Attacks On Israel, U.S.,” Middle East Media Research Institute, August 1, 2024, https://www.memri.org/jttm/al-qaeda-indian-subcontinent-aqis-eulogizes-hamas-political-leader-haniyeh-calls-global-attacks.

“Once again, the United States of America stands in the face of international will, using its veto power in the face of the draft resolution submitted by Algeria on behalf of the Arab Group, calling for granting Palestine full membership in the United Nations, despite the support of twelve countries for the resolution, and reaffirms its stand against our Palestinian people and their right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent Palestinian state, as well as its full support for the fascist occupation entity in its confiscation of the rights of our Palestinian people and attempts to liquidate their cause.

“With this position, the American administration places itself with the Nazi-Zionist entity, isolated from the international will that stands with our people and their legitimate rights.”“Press statement,” Hamas Online Telegram Channel, April 19, 2024.

During a Quds Day speech while crowds chant “Death to America” and “Death to Israel”:

“The Zionists and their American backers believe that the more they kill Muslims and besiege and displace them, the better their lives will be, but the reality is the exact opposite.”“IRGC warns Israel attacks ‘won’t go unanswered’ as Iran marks Al-Quds Day,” Al Jazeera, April 5, 2024, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/5/irgc-warns-israel-attacks-wont-go-unanswered-as-iran-marks-al-quds-day.