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Iran's Ayatollah calls Zionism a 'virus'

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Israel’s establishment is an unequalled 'crime against humanity'

May 27, 2020 09:06
A woman in Tehran holds a portrait of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Photo: Atta Kenare/AFP /Getty Images)
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Israel’s establishment is an unequalled “crime against humanity” — days after he sparked fury by unveiling a poster that used the term “final solution” in relation to a Palestinian takeover of Jerusalem.

Speaking last Friday as Iran marked its annual anti-Israel Quds Day, Ayatollah Khamenei compared Zionism to “a virus” and a “cancerous tumour” adding that Israel “must be eliminated as soon as possible”.

His outspoken attack came after he  published a poster on his website that showed people celebrating at the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem after apparently capturing it from Israel.

The wording on the poster stated: “Palestine Will Be Free. The final solution: Resistance until referendum.”