29 Mar 2024
Friday 10 July 2015 - 23:03
Story Code : 171335

Palestine targeted as part of West's bid to erase Islam: Irans Larijani

Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani says the Wests ultimate objective is to obliterate Islam, adding it has started its plan with Palestine.

Their major plan is to totally destroy Islam and they have started it with Palestine, Larijani said in an address to worshipers at Tehran Friday Prayers who had attended International Quds Day rallies earlier in the day.

The senior Iranian official added that that the Western countries created Israel in Palestinian lands with the aim of breaking up and sharing Islamic countries among themselves.

Larijani added that differences among certain Arab countries has helped Israel survive.

The Iranian Majlis speaker said the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran changed the strategy of Muslims in standing up to Israel.

He said Iran's eight-year sacred defense against Iraq and the Islamic Republic's resistance against West was a source of inspiration for other Muslim nations.

The top parliamentarian underlined that the development ofnuclear technology is a major achievement that Iran has madewithout the Wests help.

He further said the failure of talks on Tehran's nuclear issue will bea strategic mistake and not in the West's interests.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="550"] International Quds Day rallies, Iran, July 10, 2015 (Photo by Mehr News Agency)[/caption]

Millions of Iranians took to the streets across the country on Friday on International Quds Day in solidarity withthe oppressed Palestinian nation.

Iranians from all walks of life turned out en massin the capital, Tehran, and in over 770 towns and cities across the country.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="550"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (2nd R, front) attending International Quds Day rallies, Tehran, Iran, July 10, 2015 (Photo by Mehr News Agency)[/caption]

Meanwhile, Iranian officials, including Hassan Rouhani, also joined the rallies to show support for Palestinians in the face of Israels crimes and atrocities.

Rouhani told reporters that InternationalQuds Day is the day of renewing allegiance to the Palestinian cause and the holy city of al-Quds.

Today, there are divisions and rifts in many countries, and terrorists are making it hard for people to live, which is undoubtedly supported by the Zionist regime and hegemonic powers, Rouhani said.

He added, however, that with unity, solidarity and resistance, all of the Muslims, including the Palestinian nation, can achieve their objectives.

By Press TV
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