Iran’s Supreme Leader says Jews are persecuting Iran just like they “persecuted Moses”

 

 

Here’s a tweet from the Ayatollah Khamenei that is pretty explicit in its antisemitism.

The Quran says Prophet Moses (pbuh) was frequently persecuted by the Israelites. Our enemies too, some of whom are also descendants of the Israelites, seek to persecute our nation that follows the Prophet of Islam, Prophet Moses, Prophet Jesus, & the rest of the prophets (pbut).

Jews persecuted the prophets and now they are persecuting the followers of prophets. This is a slight watering down of popular antisemitic theme one sees in Muslim countries, where Jews are vilified as “killers of prophets” and therefore irredeemably evil.