Iran’s ‘Supreme Leader’ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (c) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pray near the coffin of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, head of the terrorist Quds Force, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad International Airport in Jan. 2020. Photo: Official President’s website / Handout via Reuters.
Iran’s so-called “Supreme Leader,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivered a lengthy speech devoted to the elimination of the State of Israel on Friday, as the Islamist regime marked “Quds Day” its annual day of demonstrations and rallies dedicated to the Jewish state’s destruction.
The televised speech, also transcribed on his Twitter feed, repeated most of the themes articulated by Khamenei on similar occasions in the past. Much of what he said was taken from a book he wrote in 2011 entitled “Palestine,” which regime functionaries have energetically promoted.
Wednesday, 6 January, 2021 - 09:30 Iraq’s president Barham Salih addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/Files Baghdad - Asharq Al-Awsat
For the second time within a week, Iraqi President Barham Salih renewed the call for a new political pact among Iraqis, after the failure of the post-2003 government system.
“Iraq has important challenges ahead, mainly the holding of early and fair elections…” Salih said.
His remarks came during his participation in a ceremony on Tuesday to commemorate the bombing of the Baghdad International Airport in Jan. 2020.