Israeli security commentator Yair Goldblatt wrote Friday on X/Twitter that the foreign delegations attending the funeral of late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran are honoring a figure he described as 'one of the greatest architects of terror' of the 20th and 21st centuries. 'If they only understood,' he said, 'they would not set foot there.' Goldblatt singled out Iraq as a country that suffers from this terror daily.
Israeli security commentator Yair Goldblatt on Friday criticized the foreign delegations attending the funeral of late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, writing on X/Twitter that Khamenei was 'one of the greatest architects of terror' in modern history. 'If they only understood,' he said, 'they would not set foot there.' Goldblatt singled out Iraq as a country that suffers from Khamenei's terror daily. The funeral, which The Zioneer has been covering, has drawn representatives from Russia, Pakistan, Turkey, and other nations. Goldblatt's remarks reflect a common Israeli view of the Islamic Republic's legacy.
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