Senior Cleric Writes to 80 Religious Figures in Wake of Zionist Aggression
Ayatollah Alireza Arafi condemned the Israeli regime for flagrantly violating Iran's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and for initiating a comprehensive war supported by some Western countries (especially the United States) against the peace-loving Iranian nation.
Innocent civilians, scientists, nuclear experts, and military commanders have been martyred, and numerous civilian and infrastructural sites have been targeted," he noted.
"The occupying regime has been invading Palestinian land and other Islamic countries for decades, staining its hands with the blood of many innocent people," he said, adding that the Israeli regime has conducted the most severe atrocities against Muslims, citing verse 82 of Surah Al-Ma'idah: 'Surely You will find the most hostile of all people towards the faithful to be the Jews and the polytheists.'
Arafi asked the religious figures to condemn the ongoing Israeli aggression on Iran at this critical juncture and put extra effort to achieve Islamic unity in the face of the "common Zionist enemy."
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The Israeli regime unleased an aggression against Iran on June 13 by targeting the country's residential and military areas, assassinating senior off-duty military commanders and nuclear scientists along with their families. The attacks also targeted the country's peaceful nuclear facilities.
Iran, in response, has launched Operation True Promise III, targeting the regime's military infrastructure by missiles and drones.
Source: Agencies
