In an interview with NBC News about Hezbollah’s month-long rocket campaign against Israel after Hamas’s October 7 massacre:

“Those in the Axis of Resistance have seen that the mastermind is America. So they strike America under the principle of sending a message to stop. Just as Israel should stop. How does America and the rest of the world have the right to stand on the side of Israel that kills civilians and children and destroys homes while we don’t have the right to support our people and our loved ones in Palestine and the region?” Matt Bradley and Natasha Lebedeva, “Iran-backed groups threaten to expand Gaza war as they step up attacks on Israel and U.S.,” NBC News, November 7, 2023, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hezbollah-iran-attacks-israel-gaza-war-death-toll-rcna123959.

“Since the outbreak of the war, the US has threatened to bomb us in Lebanon from its military ships in the Mediterranean. We are prepared for whatever scenario. If an all-out war breaks out, you Americans will pay with your ships, your aircrafts and your soldiers. Remember your defeats in Lebanon and Iraq, and your humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan. Those who defeated you in Lebanon in the 1980s are still alive and their children and grandchildren are ready to face you.

“Your fleet in the Mediterranean do not scare us… We are ready to face the fleet you threaten us with. Whoever wants to prevent a regional war must quickly stop the aggression on Gaza.”Gianluca Pacchiani, “‘A civilian for a civilian’: Nasrallah threatens attacks against Israelis, US troops in region,” Times of Israel, November 3, 2023, https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/a-civilian-for-a-civilian-nasrallah-threatens-attacks-against-israelis-us-troops-in-region/.

Video entitled “Questions and Answers Regarding Operation Al-Aqsa Flood”:

“We call on our Muslim brethren everywhere, in the West and the East, in Muslim and non-Muslim lands, to kill every Jew, American, and British citizen, for by Allah those will never be deterred without similar blessed acts.”“Al-Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula Leader Batarfi Approves Of ‘Inspiring’ Hamas Attack, Encourages Killing Of ‘Jews, Americans, And British’ Citizens, Claims 9/11 Attacks Are The ‘Best Example’ To Deter U.S.,” Middle East Media Research Institute, October 30, 2023, https://www.memri.org/jttm/al-qaeda-arabian-peninsula-leader-batarfi-approves-inspiring-hamas-attack-encourages-killing.

Video entitled “Questions and Answers Regarding Operation Al-Aqsa Flood”:

“There needs to be a deterrent to dissuade these enemies, and there is no better example than the 9/11 attack, and all operations before and after it.”“Al-Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula Leader Batarfi Approves Of ‘Inspiring’ Hamas Attack, Encourages Killing Of ‘Jews, Americans, And British’ Citizens, Claims 9/11 Attacks Are The ‘Best Example’ To Deter U.S.,” Middle East Media Research Institute, October 30, 2023, https://www.memri.org/jttm/al-qaeda-arabian-peninsula-leader-batarfi-approves-inspiring-hamas-attack-encourages-killing.

Video entitled “Questions and Answers Regarding Operation Al-Aqsa Flood”:

“Center your focus these days on the Jews and the Americans everywhere. Sink their vessels, down their planes, raid their barracks, and eliminate every one of their soldiers. Do not spare any barracks or any event without attacking them. This is your duty. Strike them in their own backyard and everywhere. The world today is an arena for Muslims’ operations against Jews, the Americans, British, and French citizens, and all who stood with the Jews and the Crusaders against the Islamic ummah.”“Al-Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula Leader Batarfi Approves Of ‘inspiring’ Hamas Attack, Encourages Killing Of ‘Jews, Americans, And British’ Citizens, Claims 9/11 Attacks Are The ‘Best Example’ To Deter U.S.,” Middle East Media Research Institute, October 30, 2023, https://www.memri.org/jttm/al-qaeda-arabian-peninsula-leader-batarfi-approves-inspiring-hamas-attack-encourages-killing.

Statement to online publication The Intercept:

“Today, instead of caring about its own citizens, the U.S. government is trying to throw money away to stir up the war in Ukraine. And also to discredit any Russians who are doing good deeds around the world, including fighting thugs in Central Africa, helping the Malian government and other unprotected people and nations where the U.S. is making a global mess.”“Statement of Yevgeny Prigozhin to The Intercept, Nov. 10, 2022,” The Intercept, November 10, 2022, https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23300537-yevgeny-prigozhin-statement-to-the-intercept-11-10-2022.

“Today America is declining more than ever and the enemy is at the peak of weakness. If we take a look at the recent 45-year history, we will see that as we move forward, our enemies are getting weaker and we and the axis of resistance are getting stronger.

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“Hezbollah has become stronger and its equipment and tools have become better and more up-to-date.”Seth J. Frantzman, “Iran’s IRGC boasts successes with Palestinians, Hezbollah,” Jerusalem Post, August 19, 2023, https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-755414.

“The enemies of the Iranian nation are well aware of its power, especially its military capabilities to confront all threats and plots. We remind once again that mischiefs by America will be met with reciprocal action of the Islamic Republic.

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“We thank the Almighty that Islamic Iran has reached such a degree of power that it is capable of confronting every American mischief, such as responding in kind and seizing their vessels.”“IRGC Threatens Retaliation If US Seizes Iranian Vessels,” Iran International, August 8, 2023, https://www.iranintl.com/en/202308082740.

“Today, the transfer of power from the West to Asia has been operationalized and is happening, if it were not for America’s failures in various fields, these conditions would not have arisen, this Islamic revolution is the most effective factor that has shaped these events.” He then praised China and said that the US was declining.”Seth J. Frantzman, “IRGC Quds Force commander Qaani says Jenin proves Israel can be beaten – analysis,” Jerusalem Post, July 5, 2023, https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-748945.

“Compare the situation in Iraq today with the time when the Americans occupied Iraq. At first, when they occupied Iraq, they ruled as a military commander, and after a while, due to pressure, they replaced him [the military commander] with a political person, but now see what a government, parliament, and system. It prevails in Iraq, this is due to the strength of the culture of the Islamic Revolution and resistance.”Seth J. Frantzman, “IRGC Quds Force commander Qaani says Jenin proves Israel can be beaten – analysis,” Jerusalem Post, July 5, 2023, https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-748945.