Iranian state television reportedly aired a Muharram mourning ritual in which the crowd chants in Azerbaijani Turkic, "We Shias were created to murder Jews" and "We Shias were born to annihilate Jews." The clip was noted by an Israel-linked channel, which contrasted the explicit rhetoric with the regime's official position distinguishing between Jews and Zionists.
Footage circulated by an Israeli-linked channel shows an Iranian state television broadcast from a Muharram mourning ceremony in which the crowd chants in Azerbaijani Turkic, explicitly stating that Shias were "created to murder Jews" and "born to annihilate the Jews." Azerbaijani Turkic is the native language of millions in Iran, primarily in the northwestern provinces. The broadcast appears to contradict the Iranian regime's standard diplomatic position, which distinguishes between Jews and Zionists, and has been flagged by the channel as evidence that antisemitic incitement remains part of official state media output. The Zioneer previously reported on a separate incident in which MEMRI flagged antisemitic speech by Iranian state-linked outlet Ipak against the US and Israel (June 21, 2026). That earlier report centered on different content and a different outlet; the current clip adds another example of state-aligned antisemitic rhetoric, this time in a religious ritual context.
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