Iran’s Message To Israel Is By Missiles Not Pahlavi’s Trip – Khamenei's Rep

Mahmoud Mahmoudi, a representative of the Supreme Leader and Friday prayer imam of the city of Kangan in Bushehr province
Mahmoud Mahmoudi, a representative of the Supreme Leader and Friday prayer imam of the city of Kangan in Bushehr province

An Iranian official has said missiles will send the regime’s message to Israel, after exiled Prince Reza Pahlvi spoke of peace on his visit to the Jewish state.

Mahmoud Mahmoudi, a representative of the Supreme Leader and Friday prayer imam of the city of Kangan in Bushehr province, claimed that “the resistance groups opened the gates of hell to the Zionists with intense attacks and now they are surrounded by the resistance forces.”

Iran’s Islamic regime calls its proxy militias in the region “the resistance front”.

The contents of Friday Prayer sermons delivered by Khamenei's local representatives in various cities are dictated by two state bodies close to Khamenei's office, officially known as "The Policy-making Council for Friday Prayer Imams" and the "Friday Prayer Headquarters," both dominated by hardliner clerics.

Mahmoudi’s remarks came as leading opposition figure Pahlavi has just ended a historic tour of Israel, meeting with Israeli premier and president as well as several other officials with a message of peace between Iran and Israel after the collapse of the Islamic Republic.

During a press conference in Tel Aviv, Pahlavi talked about the prospects of peace and calm in the region when the Islamic Republic falls. “Imagine a different Iran, not ruled by a religious dictatorship, but [what] a secular democratic Iran could mean for our region, for stability and how it would impact the world positively,” he said.