Why Ayatollah Khamenei’s Eid sermon gave jitters to Zionists, Americans

By Mohsen Badakhsh

In his Eid al-Fitr sermon on Wednesday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei blamed Western civilization for the plight of Palestinian people in Gaza, denouncing the Western support for the Israeli genocidal war on the besieged territory.

He singled out the US and the UK, two biggest allies of the illegitimate regime in Tel Aviv, for extending military, political and economic support to the regime, especially in the past six months, saying these countries truly exposed the “evil nature” of the Western civilization to the entire world.

“We as well as other critics of the Western civilization had already repeatedly pointed out that the attributes of this civilization were hostile towards moral and humanistic qualities and values,” Leader of the Islamic Revolution stressed, adding that their overt backing of the Israeli genocide in Gaza since October 7 last year laid bare this reality.

Condemning the gory massacre of more than 33,000 people in Gaza, Ayatollah Khamenei pointed out that the apartheid regime occupying Palestine has engaged in the killing of babies in their mothers' laps as well as patients in hospitals since they proved no match for Palestinian resistance fighters.

Known for his unmatched bravery and wisdom, Ayatollah Khamenei is unarguably the only world leader to unreservedly challenge the false facade of Western civilization and its much-hyped respect for “democratic values” and “human rights” as widely advertised by state-funded news conglomerates in Western countries.     

He also challenged false Western claims and concerns for human rights, asking whether more than 33,000 innocent people massacred in Gaza were not considered humans by Western standards, questioning the silence of the US and its allies amid the carnage unfolding in Gaza.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution also touched on the recent Israeli missile attack on the Iranian consulate building in the Syrian capital Damascus, reiterating that the criminal act constituted an attack on Iranian territory and that perpetrators “should and will be punished” for the “mistake.”

Although the Iranian nation mourns the loss of the martyred officers in the terrorist attack, Leader of the Islamic Revolution said they craved martyrdom and were granted it.

A day after the attack last Monday, in which seven Iranian military advisors, including a senior IRGC commander, were assassinated, he had explicitly stated that the Israeli regime would “regret the crime” and would be “punished at the hands of our brave men.”

His remarks gave jitters to the illegitimate regime in Tel Aviv and its backers in the West, which was reflected by the news that dozens of Israeli embassies had been closed in many countries.

Ayatollah Khamenei’s remarks coincided with top American and British officials reaffirming their iron-clad political support and continued shipment of lethal weapons for the Zionist entity, ignoring the unprecedented carnage in Gaza, the killing of women and children, and the worst humanitarian catastrophe.

While British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday vowed continued arms shipments to the Israeli regime, US President Joe Biden reaffirmed Washington’s “ironclad” commitment to defend the occupying regime against a possible retaliatory strike by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Biden’s pledge of support for Tel Aviv at the White House was aimed at deterring Tehran from delivering a retaliatory strike against the apartheid regime shortly after Ayatollah Khamenei’s renewed vow to punish the occupying entity, according to local press reports.

“As I told Prime Minister Netanyahu, our commitment to Israel’s security against these threats from Iran and its proxies is ironclad. Let me say it again, ironclad,” Biden was quoted as insisting. “We’re gonna do all we can to protect Israel’s security.”

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, a Zionist with a declared commitment to the apartheid regime occupying Palestine, echoed Biden’s vow in a phone call with the Israeli regime’s war minister Yoav Gallant, according to a State Department statement.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, during a congressional hearing on Tuesday, made a stunning claim that triggered a wave of memes on social media. He said the Israeli regime had not committed genocide in Gaza, disregarding all the available evidence.

“We don’t have any evidence of genocide,” Austin proclaimed during a US Senate hearing, prompting outrage by local rights and Muslim organizations. He further reiterated that Washington remains committed to defending the Israeli regime, confirming American complicity in the Gaza genocide.

The latest developments come amid growing protests worldwide, censuring US support for and facilitation of genocide in Gaza with activists and observers echoing the description of Washington as the “Great Satan” by the late founder of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini. 

Ayatollah Khomeini coined the “Great Satan” label to describe the US government back in 1979 at a time when America was widely regarded as the world’s leading “superpower,” citing massive and repeated US meddling and military aggressions in countries across the globe, including the installation of a brutal and unpopular dictator in Iran to protect Washington’ interests.

Although many dismissed Imam Khomeini’s great insight and accurate recognition of the evil nature of US imperialism at the time in light of its extensive military might and presence, time has proven him right with more and more activists and critics of America starting to refer to it as "Great Satan." 

When the "Great Satan" joins hands with an illegitimate child-murdering regime to slaughter tens of thousands of innocents and then attacks consulates of countries, defensive action becomes a necessity. Iran has vowed retaliation, and it will come at the time and place of its choosing.

Mohsen Badakhsh is an educator and freelance journalist.

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