TEHRAN – Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has reacted to flimsy allegations that Iran was behind the Saturday Palestinian attack on Israel, saying that the attack was done by the Palestinians. 

In a speech before a group of military personnel in Tehran on Tuesday, Ayatollah Khamenei addressed the situation in Palestine. He made the remarks on October 10, 2023 as he attended the joint graduation ceremony for the cadets studying in the academies of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Armed Forces.

The Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Armed Forces described Iran’s Armed Forces as the fortress of security, honor and national identity, according to a readout by khamenei.ir. 

The Leader said, “The supporters of the [Israeli] regime and some of the people of the usurping regime have been ranting in these two or three days and it continues, including introducing Islamic Iran as being behind this move; They are wrong.”

He added, “Of course, we defend Palestine, we defend the struggles, we kiss the foreheads and arms of resourceful and intelligent designers and brave Palestinian youth. We are proud of them; but those who say ‘Palestinians' work is caused by non-Palestinians’ have not known the Palestinian nation, they have underestimated the Palestinian nation. This is their mistake; They make a wrong calculation here.”

Pointing to the "irreparable defeat" of the Zionist regime in the epic that was created by the Palestinian youth, he underlined that, “The cause of this destructive storm was the continuous brutality and ferocity of the fake usurper regime against the Palestinian nation. This regime cannot conceal its monstrous and devious face in the attack on Gaza and the massacre of Gazans through the act of lying or by playing the victim. By speaking nonsense, it cannot attribute the bravery of the Palestinian youth and their intelligent plans to non-Palestinians.”

Referring to the recent unprecedented events in Palestine and acknowledging the failure of the Zionist regime in this matter, Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized that, “From the military and intelligence aspects, this defeat is irreparable. It is a devastating earthquake. It is unlikely that the usurping regime will be able to use the help of the West to repair the deep impacts that this incident has left on its ruling structures.”

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution underlined that after Saturday, October 7, 2023, which marked the day of the bravery of the Palestinian youth, the Zionist regime will no longer be the regime that it used to be. “This great calamity was brought on by the actions of the Zionists themselves; Because when you exceed the limits of ferocity and brutality, you should anticipate a ‘storm’,” he added.

Ayatollah Khamenei enumerated the brave and selfless acts of the Palestinian Mujahideen (resistance fighters) as a response to the escalating crimes that the occupiers committed for many years. “The current government ruling the usurping regime is to blame for this, for it did not hesitate to take any sort of brutal measures against the oppressed Palestinian nation.”

This is while the US and the UK have not supported any cruel government as much as the illegitimate Zionist regime, he said.

The Leader further said that killing Palestinian men, women, children, and elderly, desecrating the al-Aqsa Mosque, beating worshipers, and letting loose armed settlers to attack the Palestinian people are among the atrocities committed by the Zionist regime.

“Did the zealous Palestinian nation, with its thousands-year-old history, have any other choice but to create a ‘storm’?” he asked.

Ayatollah Khamenei also pointed to the wicked regime’s attempts to pose as innocent with the help of the Global Arrogance’s media, saying such attempts are based on sheer lies and distortions and “no one can turn this demonic monster into an innocent face.”

Referring to the wickedness of the occupying regime, Ayatollah Khamenei said no Muslim nation in modern history has faced such a shameless and cruel enemy and has not been under such pressure, siege, and shortages.

The reason the Zionist regime pretends to be innocent is to justify its crimes in the ongoing onslaught and crimes against Gaza and its innocent people, he maintained.

“The calculation of the illegitimate regime and its supporters in this regard is also wrong. The rulers and decision-makers of the Zionist regime and their supporters should know that these actions will bring a greater disaster upon them, and the Palestinian people, with a firmer determination, will slap their hideous faces harder in response to these crimes,” he said.