MECCA (IRNA) -- The Supreme Leader's representative for Hajj affairs, Hojatoleslam Mohammad Mohammadi Reyshahri, said here on Friday that the prestige achieved by the Lebanese Hezbollah has come as a result of jihad, resistance and obedience to Imam Khomeini's calling and that of his rightful successor.

Reyshahri made the remark at a meeting with the head of the Lebanese Hezbollah's representative office in Mecca, Sheikh Mohammad Yazbok.

He expressed the hope Hezbollah fighters, under the able guidance of their chief, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, would continue the path of resistance until they achieve complete victory against the Zionist occupiers.

Enemies of Lebanon and Islam are aware of Hezbollah's role, he said, adding that their efforts to defeat Hezbollah are doomed to fail.

Representatives of Hezbollah at the meeting praised the support of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the anti-Zionist resistance in Lebanon, and said Hezbollah fighters would never yield to pressure from the enemies and will not end their fight until the occupiers are defeated.

Meanwhile, Reyshahri, during a meeting with head of the Iraqi high delegation to the Hajj, Khalid al-Atiyah, said the Iraqi nation would be wise to walk in the path of religious jurisprudence.

He said a bright future awaits the Iraqi nation if it manages to establish a broad-based government in the country.

The enemies are continually hatching conspiracies in Iraq to serve their interests, he said, and urged the Iraqi ulema and nation to remain united and vigilant to neutralize their plots.

The Islamic Republic of Iran fully supports a government in Iraq that reflects the people's choice and is ready to expand bilateral cooperation with that country in all political, cultural and social fields, Reyshahri said.

Al-Atiyah, for his part, said terrorist acts do not diminish the Iraqi people's unity because they believe these are all orchestrated by foreign elements and regimes.

He said he was praying for peace and friendship to reign among Muslims all over the world in obedience to Islamic teaching.

Reyshahri urges Iranians to disseminate true Islam

"The Islamic Republic of Iran is considered the only state whose constitution is based on the Holy Quran and which is run by officials, led by the Supreme leader, who are committed to removing the people's weaknesses and capitalizing on their strengths," he told a gathering of Iranian pilgrims in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. He then urged Iranians to defend the Islamic system in this country in view of the fact that "arrogant powers, headed by the U.S. and the Zionist occupying regime, have mobilized to bring defeat to Islamic Iran."

Elsewhere in his talks, he hailed the Hajj pilgrimage as the most perfect mission ever mandated by God upon human beings through which they can clean their own impurities and those of societies in which they live.

He urged the Iranian pilgrims to follow the practices recommended by the Prophet Mohammad, his successor Imam Ali, and his infallible daughter Hazrat-e Fatemeh (PBUH).