Ayatollah Kashani: US Trying to Mobilize World against Iran

Tehran’s provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani blasted the US for propagating Iranophobia and Islamophobia scenarios throughout the world.

Addressing a large and fervent congregation of the people in Tehran on Friday, Ayatollah Emami Kashani said, “Today, the world is being mobilized against the Islamic Republic and the Iranian people because they are resistant and hold Islamic beliefs.”

The senior cleric pointed to US President Donald Trump’s move in recognizing al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel, and said, “The US President has mobilized the Muslim world against himself with that action.”

The US president earlier this month defied global warnings, and said Washington formally recognizes Jerusalem al-Quds as the “capital” of Israel, and will begin the process of moving its embassy to the occupied city, breaking with decades of American policy despite widespread international opposition.

In anticipation of Trump’s move, 151 members of the UN General Assembly voted last week to adopt a rare resolution that denounced Israel as the “occupying power” of Jerusalem al-Quds, a city that is holy to Muslims, Christians, and Jews alike.

The city has seen heightened tensions since 2015, when the Israeli military introduced restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque — Islam’s third holiest site.

Over 300 Palestinians have lost their lives at the hands of Israeli soldiers ever since.

Israel lays claim to the entirety of al-Quds (Jerusalem) as its capital while Palestinians want its Eastern part as the capital of a future state for themselves.

Palestinian leaders have warned that the potential relocation would fuel strong reaction in the region and deliver a death blow to any prospect of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Trump’s move which overturns decades of US foreign policy has triggered a fresh wave of unrest in the Middle East.