Khamenei slams Israel,West in holy Eid sermon

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blasted arch-foe Israel,Western powers and foreign media networks in a sermon on Sunday marking the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blasted arch-foe Israel,Western powers and foreign media networks in a sermon on Sunday marking the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr.

Khamenei,who has the final say in all Iran’s national issues,said a “Zionist cancer” was gnawing into the lives of Islamic nations.

The annual Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally held across Iran on Friday,he said,was a “day of loud and clear shouts” against this “deadly cancer of Zionism which is gnawing into the lives of the Islamic nations”.

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The all-powerful cleric added that the “deadly cancer was spreading through the invading hands of the occupiers and arrogant powers.”

His anti-Israel remarks came two days after the Quds Day rally during which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had also slammed Israel and reiterated his controversial belief that the Holocaust was a “myth.”

Friday’s pro-Palestinian rally was marred by massive protests against Ahmadinejad launched by supporters of those who stood against him in June presidential elections and who claim his re-election was rigged.

Ahmadinejad’s anti-Israel comments enraged the global community,including key ally Moscow,just days ahead of his planned visit to the UN General Assembly meeting in New York.