The following are posts from the MEMRI Iran Media Blog from today about World Qods Day, Friday, September 3, 2010, the last Friday of Ramadan.
World Qods Day was initiated in 1979 by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and is marked by rallies throughout the Muslim world in support of the Palestinian resistance.
Check the MEMRI Iran Media Blog (http://www.thememriblog.org/iran) for updates over the next few days for news about World Qods Days.
IRGC: Muslim Nations' 'Massive Participation' In Qods Day Rallies Will Bring 'Usurper Zionist Regime' Closer To 'Ignominious Annihilation'
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says that Israel has no fate other than annihilation, and urges a massive turnout for World Qods (Jerusalem) Day rallies. "Incontrovertibly, the fake and inhuman Zionist regime has no other destiny than annihilation and destruction," the IRGC said in a statement yesterday, according to the Iranian Fars News Agency.
To read in full, visit http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/29968.htm.
Iranian Lawmaker: 'Effort To Maintain The Existence Of The Israeli Regime Is A Futile Endeavor' – Because Its Fate Is 'Annihilation'
Iranian Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission deputy leader Hossein Sobhani-Nia said today that efforts to preserve Israel's existence are futile, and that the regime should give the Palestinians their rights. He said, "Israel should give in to the rights of Palestinian nation, although the fate of the regime [i.e. Israel] is annihilation," the Iranian lawmaker noted.
To read in full, visit http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/29967.htm.
Iranian Group: Global Resolve To Annihilate Israel Has Strengthened; Palestinian Negotiators In Washington 'Betraying And Compromising'
Iran's Association for the Liberation of Qods (Jerusalem) today slammed Western and U.S. support for Israel, insisting that global resolve to annihilate the Israeli regime has strengthened.
To read in full, visit http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/29969.htm.
Palestinian Ambassador To Tehran: Qods Day A Way of Expressing Solidarity With Palestinians; Occupied Territories Can Be Liberated Only Through Resistance
Palestinian Ambassador to Tehran Salah Zawawi yesterday condemned the Zionist regime for its brutal approach and crimes against the Palestinian people, and stressed that occupied territories can be liberated only through resistance.
To read in full, visit http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/29970.htm.
Russian "Scholar" Calls Israel Main Enemy Of Islam, Muslims
Heidar Jamal, the founder of the Islamic Renaissance Party and the head of the Islamic Committee of Russia, says that the regime occupying Qods (Jerusalem) is the number one enemy of Islam and of the world's Muslims.
To read in full, visit http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/29972.htm.
Ahmadinejad: Awakening Of Resistance Movements Will Lead To Victory
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that the enemies are doomed to failure because of the unprecedented awakening of resistance movements in the region.
To read in full, visit http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/29973.htm.
In Iran, Attacks On Families Of Protest Movement Leaders On Eve Of Qods Day
On the eve of World Qods Day, on Friday, September 3, pressure is mounting in Iran on the leaders of the Green (Protest) movement.
To read in full, visit http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/29974.htm.
