Ayatollah Khamenei:

Iran treated Palestinian Sunnis, Hezbollah Shiites the same

Rasa - Ayatollah Khamenei warned against the divisive polices of certain entities towards Muslims, adding: “We treated our Sunni Palestinian brothers just as we treated out Shiite brothers in Hezbollah.”

News ID: 2664

Date: 05 June 2015 - 02:41

RNA - Addressing a large number of people and officials who gathered at Imam Khomeini’s mausoleum in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to mark the passing away of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei accused US of attempting to create division among Shiite and Sunni Muslims.

The Leader also warned against the divisive polices of certain entities, including the Takfiri groups in Iraq and Syria, against Shia and Sunni Muslims.

“Iran has always treated all sects the same,” he said adding: “We treated our Sunni Palestinian brothers just as we treated out Shiite brothers in Hezbollah,” he noted.

Elsewhere in his remarks, the Leader referred to police brutality in the US and said Iran opposes the violence perpetrated by US police just as the Islamic Republic opposes the acts of violence committed by the Takfiri ISIL group.

Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran also opposes the Saudi military strikes against Yemen in the same way the Islamic Republic opposes the Israeli attacks against Gaza.

The Leader also emphasized that the issue of Palestine will never be off Iran’s agenda.

Imam Khomeini’s grandson, Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, also delivered a speech during the ceremony.

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