Muslims Not to Allow World to Forget Israeli atrocities against Palestinians

Tehran’s provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Khatami underlined that the worldwide Muslim community will by no means allow the world to forget the Israeli atrocities against the Palestinians.

Addressing a large and fervent congregation of the people on Tehran University campus on Friday, Ayatollah Khatami said, "We will not let the Palestinian cause to be sidelined despite the efforts made by Takfiri terrorist groups."

He, meantime, pointed to the crimes committed by the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group in Syria and Iraq, and said, "The people of the world are well-aware that these Takfiri groups are created by the US, the European Union and Britain in support of the Zionist regime."

Ayatollah Khatami said despite the US-Israeli plot to sideline the Palestinian issue, millions of Iranians renewed their support for the Palestinian nation in today's rallies marking the International Quds Day.

Millions of Iranians took to the streets in all Iranian cities across the country on the International Quds Day on Friday to voice support for the Palestinian nation against the Israeli regime.

Iranians across the country, including in the capital Tehran, alongside other people around the world are holding massive anti-Israel rallies on the last Friday of Ramadan in opposition to the continued occupation of the Palestinian land by Israel.

The International Quds Day was started by the late Founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, in 1979 as a way of expressing solidarity with the Palestinians and underscoring importance of the holy Quds to Muslims.

International Quds Day is an annual event opposing Israel's occupation of Beitul-Muqaddas. Anti-Zionist rallies and demonstrations are held on the last Friday of Ramadan in Muslim and Arab countries around the world, and especially in Iran.

Iran Tehran, demonstrators chant slogans in condemnation of the Zionists' crimes in the occupied Palestinian lands.

The fasting people are carrying placards, and chanting 'Down with the US' and 'Down with Israel'.

Demonstrators are also stressing their readiness for defending the Palestinian cause.

They are also shouting protest against the silence shown by the international community and the so-called advocates of human rights against the crimes committed in the occupied lands.



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