11 January 2013 - 20:30

Interim Friday prayers leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati warned Muslim nations against the US, Zionist regime plot to divide the Muslims.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - “US and Zionist regime are behind Iraq’s recent unrest and the rebellion originated from Washingtonˈs plot to divide Muslims for creating situation similar to Syria. All ethnic factions in Iraq -- the Shia and Sunni Muslims should come together based on command of the Holy Quran.”

He pointed to the continued crackdown of peaceful Bahraini protesters by the government troops and noted that oppressed nation of Bahrain should continue with peaceful approach toward democracy and they should resist to the difficulties, imposed on them to make a better future for the generations to come.

In the meantime, Jannati who heads the Guardian Council noted that all elections held by the Islamic Republic during the past three decades have been healthy and fair.

“Islamic Republic has never forced anybody to attend the election process or to whom he or she should vote for; all people who had been qualified based on the constitution have been always allowed to register as a candidate.”

Reminding the sedition of post-presidential election in 2009, Tehran’s interim Friday prayers leader added that US and Zionist regime and their elements including Mujahedeen Khalq Organization (MKO), monarchists and other dissidents calling for “free election” to question the safety of the elections already held in Iran and provoke social-political unrest.

“Of course, Iranian nation have a high political insight and are vigilant about repetition of another sedition similar to what happened after the 2009 presidential election.”

Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February 2011, calling for an end to over 40-year old al-Khalifa dynasty.

Violence against the defenseless people escalated after a Saudi-led conglomerate of police, security and military forces from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar - were dispatched to the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom on March 13, 2011, to help Manama crack down on peaceful protestors. So far, several protesters have been killed, hundreds have gone missing and thousands of others have been injured.

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