AhlulBayt News Agency: During this week’s Friday prayer sermons in Baghdad, Ayatollah Seyyed Yassin Mousavi, prominent cleric and professor at the Najaf Ashraf Seminary, declared the recent military confrontation against Iran a clear failure for the United States and the Zionist regime. He emphasized that the operation’s objective extended beyond striking nuclear sites—it aimed to overthrow the Islamic Republic and assassinate its Supreme Leader.
Ayatollah Mousavi described the conflict as a joint but unsuccessful campaign by Washington and Tel Aviv, asserting that it ended in a "humiliating defeat" for the aggressors and a "strategic victory" for the Islamic Republic.
He criticized Arab and Western media outlets for misrepresenting the outcome of the strikes, accusing them of deliberately distorting the Iranian Foreign Minister’s remarks to falsely portray the attacks as effective. “Contrary to what is being claimed, Iran’s nuclear facilities did not sustain serious damage,” he said.
According to Ayatollah Mousavi, the United States secretly requested Qatari mediation to de-escalate the conflict after realizing that continued military action could result in the collapse of the Zionist regime. He noted that U.S. President Donald Trump even praised Qatar’s role in reducing tensions.
Citing American intelligence sources, he reiterated that the airstrikes had failed to achieve their objectives and that the West is now increasingly concerned about Iran’s nuclear program, especially as it has moved further away from the framework of international oversight.
He also strongly condemned the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), accusing it of collusion with Western intelligence agencies. “The agency has used spies and collaborated with German and British services to gather intelligence against Iran,” he stated.
Ayatollah Mousavi concluded by quoting Ayatollah Khamenei, stressing: “The Islamic Republic is present in every Iranian home and cannot be overthrown through such methods.”
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