Supreme Leader Says ‘Virus of Zionism’ Will Be Eliminated

IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK

TEHRAN – Supreme Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei says the “virus of Zionism” will not last long and will be eliminated in the not-too-distant future.

In a Friday televised speech on the occasion of the International Quds Day, Ayatollah Khamenei said the 1979 Revolution in Iran and the subsequent emergence of the Resistance Front in the region are factors that have impeded the “Zionist virus.”

The Zionist regime, the worst human evil, will be eradicated from the Middle East despite being supported by the United States and its minions in the not-too-distant future, the Leader said.

Ayatollah Khamenei stressed that without a doubt, the Zionist virus, which is the record holder of human evil, won’t last long, and will be uprooted.

The Leader further warned it is a “grave mistake” to reduce the issue of Palestine to an “Arab issue”, saying that everyone must assist in the holy struggle to liberate Palestine.

He said regional conflicts are machinations to drive attention away from the resistance front.

He also slammed some Arab governments for preparing ground for normalization of ties with Israel.

The Supreme Leader denounced Israel as a “tumor” to be eliminated and hailed Tehran’s supply of weaponry to Palestinian armed groups fighting against it.

“The uprising by Palestinians should continue … fight to liberate Palestine is an obligation and an Islamic jihad … The Zionist regime (Israel) is a deadly, cancerous tumor in the region. It will undoubtedly be uprooted and destroyed,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.

“Iran realized Palestinian fighters’ only problem was lack of access to weapons. With divine guidance and assistance, we planned, and the balance of power has been transformed in Palestine, and today the Gaza Strip can stand against the aggression of the Zionist enemy and defeat it,” he said.

Ayatollah Khamenei reiterated the call in his speech on Quds Day held on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The annual occasion was inaugurated by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, late founder of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.

He suggested global attention on the coronavirus crisis had helped obscure wrongs done to Palestinians. “The long-lasting virus of Zionists will be eliminated,” he added.

Ayatollah Khamenei also denounced what he called treason by “political and cultural mercenaries in Muslim countries” helping Zionists to downplay the Palestine issue, in an apparent reference to some Arab states.

He went on to say, “The dawn of the Islamic Revolution in Iran opened up a new chapter in the struggle for Palestine. From the first steps – namely, driving out the Zionist elements who considered Iran of the Pahlavi period to be one of their safe strongholds – to assigning the unofficial embassy of the Zionist regime to the office of the Palestinian representative, stopping the flow of oil, other great achievements and widespread political activities. All of these measures brought about the emergence of a front of resistance in the entire region. The hope of solving this issue flourished in hearts. The emergence of the resistance front presented the Zionist regime with increasing problems. God willing, the Zionist regime will encounter even more problems in the future.”