Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei: Gaza is the border of the Islamic world today; The people of Gaza standing up against tyranny, the United States

Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with a group of religious eulogists and elegists on Wednesday, as Iran is gearing up for parliamentary elections slated for March 1, 2024.

“The border of the Muslim world today is in Gaza, the pulse of the Islamic world beats in Gaza today, and the Palestinians there are standing against the world of disbelief, tyranny, arrogance and against the Unlisted states,” the Leader stated.

The Israeli regime been waging the the devastating war on the Gaza Strip since October, killing at least 22,185 people, most of them children and women. More than 57,000 others have also been wounded.

Regarding the domestic issues, the Leader said, “Anyone who opposes the elections is opposing the Islamic Republic and Islam.”

“[Participation in] the elections is a duty. It is the duty for those following the path of jihad of clarification to create a sense of duty [among people] towards elections,” he said, invoking a term used to describe a campaign aimed at educating people on the conspiracies of the enemy.

Ayatollah Khamenei also denounced “hostile” attempts to undermine the nation’s role in the country’s management, which proves the realization of religious democracy in Iran.

He further censured attempts aimed at demoralizing the people and making them distrustful by claiming that the elections in Iran are meaningless.