Ali Khamenei, November 4, 1992

Author
Ali Khamenei
Date
Nov. 4, 1992
Name of Author
Ali Khamenei
Quote URL
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/05/world/iran-announces-arrest-of-american-busin…
Body

“Anyone who fights America’s aggression, its greediness and its plans to encroach on the Persian Gulf region, has engaged in a holy war in the cause of Allah, and anyone who is killed on that path is a martyr.”“Iran Announces Arrest of American Businessman,” New York Times, November 5, 1992, http://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/05/world/iran-announces-arrest-of-american-businessman.html.

Rhetoric Category
Anti-American
Pro-Martyrdom
Threat
Islamic Republic of Iran

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