Hojjatol-Islam Alireza Panahyan, who was delivering the pre-sermon speech at this weeks Friday prayers in the Iranian capital, said that the West was trying to put fear into the hearts of Muslims through torture and nuclear weapons.
We intend to conquer the world without [nuclear”> weapons. Such weapons are not needed to set the stage for the return of the [Shiite messiah”> Mahdi, Panahyan said.
He called on Muslims to overcome their fear of the Wests might.
If you do not fear and take a stance, they will not be able to say anything and will try not to get into a fight with you, because they know that they will lose, he said.