Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that the real way to avenge a "martyred imam" is the liberation of Jerusalem, and that expanding the ceasefire from Beirut's southern suburbs to all of Lebanon is necessary, according to a single source. Ghalibaf also stated that "a hundred Netanyahus are not worth the shoelace of a martyred imam."
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf issued a new statement combining hardline rhetoric on Jerusalem with a concrete demand regarding the scope of the ceasefire in Lebanon, according to a desk-reviewed report.
The statement, published Thursday morning, refers to avenge a 'martyred imam' — a likely reference to a senior figure whose killing Iran attributes to Israel. Ghalibaf called the liberation of Jerusalem the 'real revenge' and added that expanding the ceasefire from Beirut's southern suburbs to all of Lebanon is necessary. The crude dismissal of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — 'not worth the shoelace of a martyred imam' — continues Ghalibaf's pattern of escalating rhetoric over the past week.
As The Zioneer has reported over the last ten days, Ghalibaf has delivered multiple belligerent statements: threatening to end dialogue after an Israeli strike in Lebanon (June 14); demanding US reparations for a '12-day war' (June 14); vowing resistance will 'dismantle' Israeli 'warmongering' (June 14); and warning Israel must withdraw from Lebanon or face attack (June 16). His latest statement adds a distinct Jerusalem element and explicitly calls for the Lebanon ceasefire to be expanded territory-wide.
The source is a single Arabic-language the source. The statement has not been corroborated by official Iranian state media or other independent outlets as of this writing.
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