In a Friday prayer sermon on 29 January 2010 in Tehran , Jannati " praised Iranian judicial authorities for executing two political dissidents " the day before and " urged officials to continue executing dissidents until opposition protests come to an end . " Jannati sees leniency with the dissidents as un-Islamic . " God ordered the prophet Muhammad to brutally slay hypocrites and ill-intentioned people who stuck to their convictions . Koran insistently orders such deaths . May God not forgive anyone showing leniency toward the corrupt on Earth . " Responding to clerics such Jannati wanting to speed up executions , Iran 's judiciary chief firmly stated his opposition , commenting that it was against the Sharia and Iranian law : " Political assumptions should not influence judicial investigations because we wo n't have a response before God should an innocent person be punished due to hasty action . " In a 1 June 2007 speech aired on Iranian TV Channel 1 ( as translated by MEMRI ) , Jannati stated : People are increasingly inclined towards the Koran , towards Islam , towards the Islamic Revolution and the Imam Khomeini . Just like this movement destroyed the monarchical regime here , it will definitely destroy the arrogant rule of hegemony of America , Israel , and their allies ... At the end of the day , we are an anti-American regime . America is our enemy , and we are the enemies of America . The hostility between us is not a personal matter . It is a matter of principle . We are in disagreement over the very principles that underlie our revolution and our Islam . In April 2008 , he stated , " You cried : ` Death to the Shah , ` and indeed , he died . You cried : ` Death to Israel , ` and it is now on its deathbed . You cry : ` Death to America , ` and before long , Allah willing , the prayer for the dead will be recited over it . " On 17 September 2010 , Jannati " described the recent desecration of the holy Quran in the United States as an insane behavior , " apparently referring to the 2010 Qur ' an-burning controversy . In the same Friday Prayer , he reportedly claimed that " opinion polls reveal ed that 84 percent of the Americans consider the US administration responsible for 9/11 attacks . " The Ayatollah 's comments about Americans ' opinions about 9/11 were cited by analysts after President Ahmadinejad made similar comments , amongst others , the next week at the United Nations . The president 's speech sparked at least 33 delegations to walk out from the General Assembly , and ensuing criticism
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