Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has reiterated Iran's firm support for legitimate resistance in Lebanon in the face of Israeli aggression and occupation.

The top diplomat made the remarks in a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan on Tuesday.

Araghchi made the remarks in the context of the Israeli regime's intensified aggression targeting Lebanon that has claimed the lives of hundreds of people, including women and children, over consecutive days starting on Wednesday.

Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has responded decisively to the attacks by launching scores of retaliatory strikes against Israeli military targets and illegal settlements lying on the northern side of the occupied territories.