“Our people say ‘Death to America,’ and this is like saying ‘I seek God's refuge from the accursed Satan,’ which is recited before any chapter of the Koran, even before ‘In the name of Allah the Compassionate, the Merciful.’ Why is this? So the believer will never forget, even for a moment, the presence of Satan. So he will never forget, even for a moment, that Satan is ready to attack him and to destroy his spiritual shield and is faith... The saying ‘Death to America’ is for this purpose.”
— Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian leader Ali Khamenei: "Death to America"- The true believer should never forget that Satan is always present.

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March 14, 2005 speech

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