Iranian Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami in Tehran Friday Sermon Warns U.S. and European Powers: Iran Will Wipe Them Off the Face of History; Turkey Has No Shame in Warning Iran against Interfering in Syria Wh
In his March 7, 2025 Friday sermon in Tehran, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, a member of the Guardian Council and the Assembly of Experts, addressed Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, accusing him of insulting Iran by calling for it to stop its regional policy. He remarked that the whole world now sees how Turkey interferes in Syria and asked whether Turkey has no shame in telling Iran not to interfere in Syria while it is interfering? Khatami also warned the U.S., England, Germany, and France that if they do not stop their threats against Iran and its nuclear program, Iran would wipe them off the face of history. The worshippers responded with chants of 'Death to America! Death to England!' The sermon was aired on IRINN TV (Iran).
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