In a Friday, April 14, 2023 sermon in Arak, Iran, Khamenei's representative in Markazi Province, Gholamali Dorri-Najafabadi, said that the Jews "love life" and fear death, and that in contrast, Iranian children "love martyrdom" and "will [inherit] the Kingdom of Heaven." He said that if you capture one Zionist, it is "as if you took the lives of all of them […] They would be willing to give up everything to free just one of them." He added that the Zionists do not care about "matters of faith" and that all they do care about is "lust, sex, other dirty activities, embezzlement, plundering, treason, and other things." In addition, Dorri-Najafbadi cited Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah's statement that Israel is "weaker than a spider web." The sermon was aired on Aftab TV (Iran).
Gholamali Dorri-Najafabadi: "The Jews are terrified. Our esteemed brother, Talkhabi, who represents Qazvin in the Assembly of Experts, said: One of the [Jews'] main issues is that they are very loyal to the material world. They love to live, they would love to live a thousand years. They are greedy for this life and are afraid of death. Death is more terrifying than any other event for them. They are not ready [to die]. The Yasin [sic] Surah of the Quran states: '... then wish for death if what you say I true!'"
Crowd: "Death to Israel! Death to Israel! Death to Israel! Death to Israel!"
Dorri-Najafabadi: "Death to Zionism. If you capture one of them, it is as if you took the lives of all of them. In fact, they would be willing to give up everything to free just one of them. They are not like our kids, who love martyrdom. The others have nothing. Our kids are the ones who [inherit] the Kingdom of Heaven. Matters of faith are not important to the Zionists. They care about lust, sex, other dirty activities, embezzlement, plundering, treason, and other such deeds.
"Really, just like Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said — Israel is weaker than a spider web."