The Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused the United States and Israel of encouraging divisions among Muslims to preempt uprisings in the Middle East.
In his annual message to Iranians performing the Hajj pilgrimage, Khamenei said: "By exploiting apathy…the United States, NATO and Zionists are trying undo the harmony between young Muslims; to pit them against each other under the name of Islam."
"They are trying to turn Jihad against occupation and Zionism into blind terrorism in the streets to make Muslims spill one another's blood," he added.
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