Saudis bomb Yemen

The U.S. must be held accountable before global public opinion: Ayatollah Khamenei

You who claim to be supporting human rights should answer public opinion of the world.  When thousands of children and thousands of men, women and civilians are killed inside their houses and in hospitals and schools without any defense, is this not terrorism? Is this not the most brazen and cruel form of state terrorism? Why do you support it? However, the U.S. does not answer these questions. They have no shame and they make claims about advocating human rights!

Today, the United States of America does not answer the simplest questions that public opinion in the world has. Public opinion in the world is asking the US, “Do you know that it has been years now that a regime is bombarding Yemen and destroying its cities? Do you or do you not know of the matter? If you know of it, why do you support it? If you know of it, then why do you not protest? If you know of this crime, then why do your fuel-providing planes help them? Why do you help them? Why do you support them?”

You who claim to be supporting human rights should answer public opinion of the world.  When thousands of children and thousands of men, women and civilians are killed inside their houses and in hospitals and schools without any defense, is this not terrorism? Is this not the most brazen and cruel form of state terrorism? Why do you support it? However, the U.S. does not answer these questions. They have no shame and they make claims about advocating human rights!

Now this is about Yemen. The other side of the matter is Palestine with a history of suffering from such crimes for 60, 65 years. You see what they are doing to the people of Palestine, you see that they are destroying their houses and their farms, you see that they are building settlements, and you see that they are placing Zionist elements – that are holding guns - at Palestinian doors and that they keep them armed. You see such things. So, why do you defend them? Why do you give them money? Why do you constantly get along with – as you yourselves say – the Zionist lobby inside the United States? Why do you constantly flatter them? Why? These are simple questions posed by public opinion in the world. 

However, they do not answer even one word from these questions. This is while they claim that they are our friends, that they are interested in human rights and that they are advocating democracy. In those countries that are U.S. allies in our regions, one cannot even talk about elections. They are not familiar with the phenomenon of elections in any way and they do not understand elections at all. However, the U.S. regime– that claims to be advocating democracy – has signed a brotherhood pact with such countries. And what pact it is! The U.S. is defending them in every way. Our enemy is such an enemy. The U.S. regime is such a creature. Of course, I have said many times that by “America” we mean the governing body of that country. We mean the United States system. We nothing against the people of America. The American system is such a system.

They adopt the most embarrassing and wrong courses of action and then they smile at us and they do not give any answer to such questions. Well, if they really have an answer, they should give it to public opinion in the world. When a country is faced with such an enemy, it should pay careful attention. The people of Iran should pay careful attention. By God's favor, the people of Iran are and have been completely focused on this matter. Until now, this great popular movement has managed to foil the plot of this deceitful, treacherous and malicious enemy and God willing, our people will continue to humiliate him.

 

February 8, 2016