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Nov 26, 2009
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Iranian Pilgrims in Mecca Mark the "Disavowal of Polytheists" Ceremony with Customary "Death to America" Chants

#2278 | 02:36
Source: IRINN TV (Iran)

Following are excerpts from the annual ceremony of Iranian pilgrims held in Mecca. The ceremony aired on IRINN, the Iranian news channel, on November 26, 2009.

Speaker: There is no god but Allah.

Crowds chanting: There is no god but Allah.

Speaker: There is no god but Allah.

Crowds chanting: There is no god but Allah.

Speaker: America is the enemy of Allah.

Crowds chanting: America is the enemy of Allah.

Speaker: America is the enemy of Allah.

Crowds chanting: America is the enemy of Allah.

Speaker: There is no god but Allah.

Crowds chanting: There is no god but Allah.

Speaker: There is no god but Allah.

Crowds chanting: There is no god but Allah.

Speaker: Israel is the enemy of Allah.

Crowds chanting: Israel is the enemy of Allah.

Speaker: Israel is the enemy of Allah.

Crowds chanting: Israel is the enemy of Allah.

Speaker: Now, honorable pilgrims, pay attention – the people on the right-hand side [will chant] in unison: Death to America, and those on the left-hand side [will chant]: Death to Israel.

Speaker (raising right fist): Death to America.

Crowds chanting: Death to America.

Speaker (raising left fist): Death to Israel.

Crowds chanting: Death to Israel.

Death to America.

Death to Israel.

Death to America.

Death to Israel.

Death to America.

Death to Israel.

[...]

Speaker: Now for the important message of the honorable leader [Khamenei].

[...]

Today, the blood-stained hand of the enemies is openly creating catastrophes throughout the Islamic lands. Palestine is under the malicious rule of the Zionists, and undergoes suffering and pain on a daily basis. The Al-Aqsa Mosque faces real danger. The oppressed people of Gaza still face the greatest hardships, after the unprecedented massacre. Afghanistan, under the boots of the occupiers, undergoes a new tragedy every day. The insecurity in Iraq deprives the people of calm and tranquility. The civil war in Yemen has formed a new scar on the body of the Islamic nation.

[...]

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