Hezbollah, Hamas and Houthi officials gather in Tehran

Iran’s so-called Axis of Resistance gathered in a show of solidarity on Tuesday for the swearing in ceremony of President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran.

In addition to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials, Iran hosted Naim Qassem the deputy leader of Hezbollah, and Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the spokesman for Yemen's Houthis.

Pezeshkian’s swearing in ceremony comes at a time of rising tensions, with Israel threatening a “severe” response to a missile strike on the occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 children and teenagers it blamed on Hezbollah.