Senior cleric hails turnout to recent elections as Jihad
The temporary leader of Friday prayers sermon in Tehran said that the relatively high turnout rate in the latest Iranian elections despite all the enemy's propaganda was doing "an acceptable jihad" on the part of the people.
MEHR: The temporary leader of Friday prayers sermon in Tehran said that the relatively high turnout rate in the latest Iranian elections despite all the enemy's propaganda was doing "an acceptable jihad" on the part of the people.
Speaking during this week's Friday Prayers sermon in the Iranian capital of Tehran, Hujjat al-Islam Sediqi said "as the Lader of the Islamic Revolution stated that turning out to the elections was jihad and confronting the enemies and ill-wishers of the country, despite a year of unprecedented propaganda by the enemies and internal counter-revolutionaries that act against the country, people turned out to the polling stations."
He acknowledged that the country faces difficulties as a result of the sanctions, but said that the people turned out to the polling stations to show their support for the Islamic Establishment.
"The 41% turnout was an acceptable jihad and something to be proud of in the history of elections," Sediqi said.
He went on to describe Palestine as the number one issue in the Islamic world. "What has happened to the oppressed Palestinian people in the Gaza war shows the crimes of the Israeli regime supported by America," he continued.
"Why do not Arab governments cut ties with Israel?" the provisional Friday Prayers leader further asked, predicting, "God willing, the victory of the Resistance Font is near."
He thanked the government of President Ebrahim Raeisi for lowering the inflation rate to 34% through proper economic policies.
