Statements [The clergymen's objection to Israel and the Baha'is]

[In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful]

We are against Israel and the Baha'is

" The way I have chosen is according to the will of the people. If I talk like the officials do, then the people too will cast me out. There are no affairs between me and the Muslim countries «2» in case of differences between these Muslim countries and the Jewish government, I have no other option but take side with the Muslim governments. If the Iranian government severs its relations with Israel, the Iranian clergymen will unanimously stand against other countries' provocations against the Shi`ah government of Iran.

Now that the extent of impact of the Western civilization, on one hand, and the influence of communist propaganda, on the other, have drawn a lot of Iranian people and our youth to immorality, the only way to prevent this menacing threat, is to strengthen spirituality among the people. Those who weaken the clergymen in the name of modernism are, in fact, adding fuel to this corruption. We disapprove of Israel and Baha'is, and will go on with our objection so long as the authorities have not given up supporting these two classes."