Ayatollah Khamenei:

US in a fight on Islam, Iran, Shi’as

Rasa – Ayatollah Khamenei says the US is currently in a fight against Islam, Iran and Shi’a Muslims.

News ID: 422301

Date: 05 May 2016 - 14:29

RNA – “Today, the definite American policy is to fight Islam, Iran and Shi’as,” the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, told a group of state officials and Muslim ambassadors in Tehran on Thursday.

In his speech on the occasion of Eid al-Ma’bath celebrating the divine revelation to Prophet Mohammad to declare his Prophethood, the Leader said US leaders see Iran as a hurdle to their policies.

“Lately, the Americans have announced that Iran’s policy in the region is a cause for sanctions and confrontation, meaning ‘you, the Iranian people who are vigilant and aware; you have to back down and let us do our work.’”

“This is ignorance,” Ayatollah Khamenei said, using the word jahilliyah or "days of ignorance" which refers to the barbaric condition in which Arabs found themselves in pre-Islamic Arabia.

US threats of sanctions, the Leader said, are rooted in Iran’s opposition to the “expansionist policies” of the Americans in the region and the “corrupt moves of the world powers.”

“The Islamic movement, which became stronger and deeper with the establishment of the Islamic system in Iran, will continue on its path and definitely achieve victory.”

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