U.S. and Israel Support the Islamic State and al Qaida; Crowd: ‘Death to America!’ ‘Death to England!’ ‘Death to Israel’

With less than a month to go before the June 30 deadline for talks between Iran and the P5+1 nations (the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia) on an agreement to restrict Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, gave a televised speech in which he stated that the United States and Israel support the Islamic State and al Qaeda.

 

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified in Congress two years ago that Iran “has the scientific, technical and industrial capacity” to build nuclear weapons and whether it does so or not will be decided “singly” by the Ayatollah Khamenei.

 

During the ayatollah’s June 4 televised speech, according to a transcript published by the BBC, the audience interrupted the Supreme Leader on five occasions with chants that included the phrase “Death to America!”

 

On one occasion, according to the BBC transcript, the audience chanted ten times: “Neither compromise no[r] surrender, fight against America!”

 

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