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