Following are excerpts
from the annual ceremony of Iranian pilgrims held in Mecca. The ceremony
aired on IRINN, the Iranian news channel, on November 26, 2009.
Speaker: There
is no god but Allah.
Crowds chanting:
There is no god but Allah.
Speaker: There
is no god but Allah.
Crowds chanting:
There is no god but Allah.
Speaker: America
is the enemy of Allah.
Crowds chanting:
America is the enemy of Allah.
Speaker: America
is the enemy of Allah.
Crowds chanting:
America is the enemy of Allah.
Speaker: There
is no god but Allah.
Crowds chanting:
There is no god but Allah.
Speaker: There
is no god but Allah.
Crowds chanting:
There is no god but Allah.
Speaker: Israel
is the enemy of Allah.
Crowds chanting:
Israel is the enemy of Allah.
Speaker: Israel
is the enemy of Allah.
Crowds chanting:
Israel is the enemy of Allah.
Speaker: Now,
honorable pilgrims, pay attention – the people on the right-hand side
[will chant] in unison: Death to America, and those on the left-hand
side [will chant]: Death to Israel.
Speaker (raising right
fist): Death to America.
Crowds chanting:
Death to America.
Speaker (raising left
fist): Death to Israel.
Crowds chanting:
Death to Israel.
Death to America.
Death to Israel.
Death to America.
Death to Israel.
Death to America.
Death to Israel.
[...]
Speaker: Now for
the important message of the honorable leader [Khamenei].
[...]
Today, the blood-stained
hand of the enemies is openly creating catastrophes throughout the Islamic
lands. Palestine is under the malicious rule of the Zionists, and undergoes
suffering and pain on a daily basis. The Al-Aqsa Mosque faces real danger.
The oppressed people of Gaza still face the greatest hardships, after
the unprecedented massacre. Afghanistan, under the boots of the occupiers,
undergoes a new tragedy every day. The insecurity in Iraq deprives the
people of calm and tranquility. The civil war in Yemen has formed a
new scar on the body of the Islamic nation.
[...]
