Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Imam Ali Khamenei says an upcoming US-devised deal on the Palestine issue is doomed to fail and will “never materialize.”
Ayatollah Imam Khamenei made the comments during a speech at Imam
Khomeini’s Mosalla Grand Prayer Grounds in Tehran on Wednesday after leading
Eid al-Fitr’s prayers there. The Islamic festivities known as Eid al-Fitr mark
the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
The Leader further rejected US President Donald Trump’s
yet-to-be-unveiled deal on the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict
as “a betrayal of the Muslim world.”
Ayatollah Imam Khamenei further
denounced the Bahraini regime for agreeing to host a conference, where
Washington is set to unveil parts of the plan later this month.
All Palestinian groups — along with the United Nations and several other
countries — have boycotted the event.
“The objective of this conference is to materialize America’s wrongful,
treacherous and evil scheme for Palestinians — which they (Americans) have
called ‘the deal of the century.’ However, this will not happen, and this plot
will never get off the ground, by divine grace.”
Ayatollah Imam Khamenei described the
Palestinian cause against Israeli occupation as the “number one issue” on the
agenda of the Islamic world, thanking those who have voiced opposition to the
so-called “peace” deal and the relevant event in Bahrain.
“The treachery of some Muslim states such as Saudi Arabia and Bahrain set the
stage for such an evil plot,” Ayatollah Imam Khamenei said. “I wish Bahraini and Saudi rulers would
[eventually]
realize what a quagmire they are stepping in and what damages this
will do to their future.”
Elsewhere, Ayatollah Imam Khamenei congratulated the Iranian nation on the
occasion of Eid al-Fitr, expressing his gratitude to people for their mass
participation in the nationwide rallies marking International Quds Day on the
last Friday of Ramadan.
