Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei:

Muslims Should Counter ‘Conspiracy of Silence’

Date: 16 January 2018 - 20:46

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TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei here on Tuesday urged Muslim countries to counter the "dangerous and horrific Western propaganda empire" which is run by the Zionists.
In a meeting with the Muslim world's senior parliamentarians, the Leader stressed the importance of countering the "conspiracy of silence" aimed at cosigning to oblivion the main issues of the Muslim world, particularly the Palestinian cause.
Ayatollah Khamenei warned that the important issue of Palestine is being totally ignored by the international community as he has met participants at the 13th session of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Conference.
The Leader also called on Muslim nations to help resolve the crises in Yemen and Bahrain as they are among the important issues of the Muslim world.
"Today, the United States of America does not answer the simplest questions that public opinion in the world has,” the Leader said.
"Public opinion in the world is asking the U.S., "Do you know that it has been years now that a regime is bombarding Yemen and destroying its cities? Do you or do you not know of the matter? If you know of it, why do you support it? If you know of it, then why do you not protest? If you know of this crime, then why do your fuel-providing planes help them? Why do you help them? Why do you support them?”
Ayatollah Khamenei touched on the most heinous crimes which are being committed in Yemen and denounced the silence of the U.S. and other allies of Saudi Arabia which is leading a military campaign against the impoverished country.
"You who claim to be supporting human rights should answer public opinion of the world.  When thousands of children and thousands of men, women and civilians are killed inside their houses and in hospitals and schools without any defense, is this not terrorism? Is this not the most brazen and cruel form of state terrorism? Why do you support it? However, the U.S. does not answer these questions. They have no shame and they make claims about advocating human rights.”
"Now this is about Yemen. The other side of the matter is Palestine with a history of suffering from such crimes for 60, 65 years,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.
"You see what they are doing to the people of Palestine, you see that they are destroying their houses and their farms, you see that they are building settlements, and you see that they are placing Zionist elements – that are holding guns - at Palestinian doors and that they keep them armed. You see such things.
"So, why do you defend them? Why do you give them money? Why do you constantly get along with – as you yourselves say – the Zionist lobby inside the United States? Why do you constantly flatter them? Why? These are simple questions posed by public opinion in the world,” the Leader said.
Ayatollah Khamenei said touched on the hypocrisy of U.S. leaders who occasionally claim to be supporting the regional people while they refuse to answer any of these serious questions.
"They claim that they are our friends, that they are interested in human rights and that they are advocating democracy.”
The Leader said some of the regional countries which are U.S. allies, "one cannot even talk about elections.”
"They are not familiar with the phenomenon of elections in any way and they do not understand elections at all. However, the U.S. regime– that claims to be advocating democracy – has signed a brotherhood pact with such countries.
"And what pact it is! The U.S. is defending them in every way,” he said.
"Our enemy is such an enemy. The U.S. regime is such a creature. Of course, I have said many times that by America we mean the governing body of that country. We mean the United States system. We have nothing against the people of America. The American system is such a system,” the Leader added.
Ayatollah Khamenei said U.S. leaders "adopt the most embarrassing and wrong courses of action and then they smile at us”, apparently meaning President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as the so-called capital of the occupying regime of Israel.
"Well, if they really have an answer, they should give it to public opinion in the world. When a country is faced with such an enemy, it should pay careful attention,” the Leader said.
Ayatollah Khamenei also said the people of Iran should pay careful attention to the enemies.
"By God's favor, the people of Iran are and have been completely focused on this matter. Until now, this great popular movement has managed to foil the plot of this deceitful, treacherous and malicious enemy and God willing, our people will continue to humiliate him.”