Palestinian Muslim worshippers attend Ramadan Fridays prayers near the Dome of the Rock mosque in the al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 8, 2022. (Photo AFP)
Tehran- Israel will cease to exist in the near future as the country faces an “unprecedented chain of crises,” Iran’s top military body said on Thursday, ahead of the annual Quds (Jerusalem) Day.
In a statement carried by state media, the General Staff of the Armed Forces, responsible for coordinating between Iran’s conventional army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said that “Islamic resistance” from outside and internal protests are “challenging the nature of the Zionist regime” – the term used by Tehran to refer to Israel – and that “the countdown to the collapse of Zionism has begun.”
“By God’s grace, there will be no such thing as the Zionist regime in the not too distant future.” The statement came ahead of Quds Day, an annual event that was launched in 1979 by former supreme leader and founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
It is held on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which falls on April 14 this year.
Marches on Quds Day traditionally feature demonstrators chanting “death to Israel” and “death to America” and burning the flags of the two countries. Iran does not recognize its arch-foe Israel and supporting the Palestinian cause has been a cornerstone of its foreign policy since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Earlier Iran slammed the “shameful” silence of the United States and some European countries in the face of Israel’s crimes and murders, calling for unity among Muslim nations to counter the Zionist regime and support the oppressed people of Palestine.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Thursday to mark International Quds Day, the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan which was named by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, more than four decades ago.
“Now, Palestine and holy Quds have turned into the symbol of unity in the Muslim world and represent the cause of the world’s right-seeking oppressed and freedom seekers from any race and religion,” it said.
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