TEHRAN – Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani, Tehran’s interim Friday Prayer preacher, has said that Iran is not afraid of the United States and should Washington decides to take military action against Iran, it will be slapped hard.

“God is with us and if they intend to wage a war, it won’t be against us, and those who fight God will be defeated and destroyed,” he told worshippers.

He added the U.S., Europe, Saudi Arabia and Israel are seeking to harm Muslims and Islam, Tasnim reported.

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