Speakers at a February 9, 2024 commemoration of the anniversary of the Iranian Islamic Revolution, held at the Hadi Institute Youth Community Center in Dearborn, Michigan praised Iranian leaders Ruhollah Khomeini and Ali Khamenei. Hassan Salami recited poetry claiming that MEMRI wants to “silence us as a community.” He said that the “greatest threat to the American people is Israel” and that the U.S. has been “hijacked by Zionist and elitist thugs.” Salami continued to claim that Washington politicians are “infected by greed,” and they have “betrayed the American people.” He said that “Sleepy Joe” should wake up to the fact that the politicians are no different than Donald Trump. Imam Usama Abdulghani praised Khomeini, Khamenei, and IRGC Qods Force leader General Qasem Soleimani. He said that if Muslims fear “Genocide Joe,” then that is who they will get. He recounted the story of the hostages taken in the U.S. Embassy as told by Khamenei. Abdulghani said that while “weak liberal individuals” suggested the hostages should be released, Khamenei pledged before Khomeini that he is not afraid of the Americans and was directed to keep the Americans hostage. The event was streamed live on the YouTube and Facebook pages of Light of Guidance.
Speaker: "So we thank Allah for blessing us with the faith that is characterized by the love, commitment, and devotion to Ruhollah Khomeini."
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Hassan Salami: "The Mossad, the Israeli intelligence – or should I say stupidity – creates imbecile stations like MEMRI, and they want to silence us as a community.
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"And since you are listening, I will let you know who the greatest threat to the American people is. The greatest threat to the American people is Israel. The American people are waking up to the fact that their country has been hijacked by Zionist and elitist thugs, and that the American people have more in common with the ones being killed overseas than [with] the politicians in Washington, infected by greed, who have betrayed the people of this country.
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"So tyrants of today, take notice. Open your ears Sleepy Joe, wake, the jig is up. We know none of you are any different than Donald Trump.
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"They are seeing the truth clearly showing between your lies, and that is why you hate this Revolution. That is why you try to make the entire world hate Imam Khomeini, the one who sought to put the rule of the modern-day Pharaohs to an end."
Usama Abdulghani: "Everything changed when the Revolution happened.
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"We are very grateful that Allah has honored us with this, and of course, we offer our congratulations first and foremost, to our Master, the [Hidden] Imam of the Time, the last hope of humanity, and after that, to his representative, the guardian of our time, Imam Khamenei.
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"God won't make anyone rule over us, except for the person we are afraid of. If we are afraid of Genocide Joe, we get Genocide Joe. We are afraid of Netanyahu, we get Netanyahu.
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"It is a principle that you and I learned from the martyr Qasem Soleimani. What did he teach us? He taught us that in times of crisis, there is incredible opportunity.
"A story from Imam Khomeini. May Allah bless Imam Khomeini. Right now, you see resistance in Iraq, you see resistance in Yemen. Our Yemeni brothers... I can't get enough of hearing their statements. You see how in Gaza, the Palestinians are going to break Netanyahu. This going to be something you witness in your own lives. You see Lebanon, right? Where did this start? Imam Khomeini.
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"So Iran just had the Revolution, believers are just standing on their feet, a few months in, what happened? Some of the brave university students rushed in to the U.S. embassy. Weak minded liberal individuals, those people – and they are always like this – they start saying: 'Let those guys go... this not okay... the international law... let them go...' CIA contractors doing dirt in your country, [and they say:] 'Let them go'. Imam Khamenei says: 'At that time I went with...' He mentions two of the brothers, I'm not going to mention their names. He says: 'We went to Imam Khomeini'.
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"[They said to him:] 'We have a hostage situation, and our duty isn't clear. We are not sure what we should do. Should we keep the hostages or should we let them go?' The Leader says: 'Imam Khomeini thought for a second. He looked up and he looked right at those brothers and he asked one question: 'Are you afraid of America'?' The Leader said: 'I didn't let those guys answer, I jumped right in. I said: 'No, we are not afraid.' Imam Khomeini said: 'Then keep the hostages'.'
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"Right now, the IDF...
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"They are not brave guys, they wear adult diapers. Seriously, what army is this? They are getting it handed to them. The are the worst people on earth."