Forty years later, the Biden regime is shoveling billions of dollars to the Iranian Islamic regime, as it continues to scream “Death to America.”
“In First-Ever Iranian Acknowledgment Of Iran’s Role In 1980s Lebanon Bombings, Issa Tabatabai, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei’s Representative In Lebanon, States: ‘I Received From Imam Khomeini The Fatwa [Ordering] Martyrdom Operations Against The Americans’; ‘I Provided What Was Needed In Order To [Carry Out] Martyrdom Operations In The Place Where The Americans And Israelis Were,'” MEMRI, September 28, 2023:
The Iranian news agency IRNA recently published a five-part interview with Issa Tabatabai, the representative of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Lebanon. Tabatabai had previously served as the representative in Lebanon of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of Iran’s Islamic Republic….
The passage that was removed from the IRNA website.
The following is a translation of the part of Tabatabai’s interview that was removed by IRNA from its website shortly after it was published, under the headline “I Received From Imam Khomeini The Fatwa [Ordering] Martyrdom Operations Against The Americans”:[1]
From Ayatollah Khomeini, “I Received Instructions To Fight Against Israel And Even The Fatwa [Ordering] To Carry Out Martyrdom Operations, And He Confirmed This Three Times…”
“…With the victory of the Islamic Revolution [in Iran], Hizbullah was established [in the summer of 1982]. For two years, [Hizbullah’s] military base was located in my home. ‘The group’ [supporters of the Islamic Revolution] signed a contract declaring their willingness to become martyrs. Perhaps more than 70 [of them] signed this contract in my home. This ‘group’ was given facilities, and then the [1982] war with Israel broke out in South [Lebanon]… When Israel occupied South Lebanon, we had to launch a movement, and the military movement started in my home. [At the time] we were not thinking of establishing Hizbullah – we were just adhering to the [Iranian] ‘resistance.’
“We received many facilities from the Palestinians. The military courses we had with the Palestinians prompted us to launch the struggle, and from the Imam [Khomeini], I received approval for the struggle against Israel and even the fatwa [ordering] to carry out martyrdom operations [ishtihad in the original], and he confirmed this three times…
“I Quickly Went To Lebanon And Provided What Was Needed In Order To [Carry Out] Martyrdom Operations In The Place Where The Americans And Israelis Were”
“I quickly went to Lebanon and provided what was needed in order to [carry out] martyrdom operations in the place where the Americans and Israelis were.
“The efforts to establish [Hizbullah] started in [Lebanon’s] Baalbek area, where members of [Iran’s] Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps [IRGC] arrived. I had no part in establishing the [political] party [Hizbullah], but God made it possible for me to continue the military activity with the group that had cooperated with us prior to the [Islamic] Revolution’s victory…”[2]
Issa Tabatabai (Source: IRNA, Iran, September 13, 2023)
[1] IRNA (Iran), September 13, 2023.
somehistory says
Mass murder. There is no statute of limitations on murder. The ghouls need to be indicted and if ever they step foot on American soil, arrested, tried and deep-sixed.
SKA says
Wrong. Actually credit for the bombings was taken by Muhsin Rafiqdust, who was Minister of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps at the time of the bombings, in an interview with the Iranian magazine Risilat on July 20, 1987. This “news” is old hat.
SKA says
Wrong. Actually credit for the bombings was taken by Muhsin Rafiqdust, who was Minister of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps at the time of the bombings, in an interview with the Iranian magazine Risilat on July 20, 1987. This “news” is old hat.
SKA says
Actually Iranian state responsibility for the bombings was acknowledged as early as 20 July 1987 in an interview of Muhsin Rafiqdust with Iranian publication Risilat. Rafiqdust was the Minister in charge of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps which he admitted provided the explosives and directions needed to carry out the operations.
FYI says
day of global Jihad on friday..
A day of anti-Jihad
How about ALL other peaceful world religions have a day of peace and love.
muslims are never going to change.14 centuries of it.
Ex-muslims and atheists welcome.
“We are the world,we are the children,we are the ones who make a brighter day,so let’s start giving..
It’s the choice we’re making we’re living our own lives
It’s true we’ll make a brighter day day just you and meeee ooh yeah”
{distant noise} allahu akbar!allahu akbar!
oh farq off and leave us alone.