The leader of Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has praised the role of martyrs in the battle against the “Zionist regime and terrorism.”

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made the comments during a meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Beirut on Sunday.

“If it was not for the sacrifice and zeal of resistance martyrs against Zionism and terrorism… there would be no security in the region today,” he noted.

For his turn, Amir-Abdollahian offered his condolences over the recent death of top Hezbollah military commander Mustafa Badreddine.

On Saturday, the resistance movement said that Badreddine had been martyred by Takfiri terrorist groups in Syria, adding his death would boost the movement's resolve to fight the extremist militants.

Hezbollah fighters are combating alongside the Syrian forces against a range of terrorist groups operating in the war-ravaged Arab country, including Daesh and the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front.