Friday prayers leader calls for more unity among new parliament members 

TEHRAN - Ahmad Khatami, the provisional Friday prayers leader of Tehran, called on those who will be elected for the next parliament to become more united to keep the people’s rights and interests. 

Soleimani’s comrades-in-arms won’t let Trump sleep quietly, cleric warns

TEHRAN — Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami has said the path of General Soleimani will definitely continue and his comrades-in-arms will not allow U.S. President Donald Trump and his servants to “sleep quietly”.

Senior cleric: Article 27 of the constitution allows peaceful gatherings, rallies 

TEHRAN – Tehran Friday prayers leader said based on the Article 27 of Iran’s constitution the people are entitled to hold peaceful gatherings and rallies provided that “principles of Islam” are not targeted. 

Ayatollah Khatami warns Turkey not to repeat the Saudi Yemen mistake

Senior Iranian cleric condemns Turkish aggression on Syria

TEHRAN – Tehran's provisional Friday prayers leader Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Khatami said that Turkish troops’ operation in northern Syria is nothing but aggression against an independent country and condemned the move.

Khatami : Trump should better die frustrated in his own wish of negotiating with Iran

TEHRAN – It is insane to negotiate with those who break their promises, said Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, referring to the idea of talks between Tehran and Washington after the latter ditched the 2015 nuclear pact.

British piracy of tanker reminiscent of its colonial atrocities: cleric

TEHRAN – Interim Friday prayer leader Ahmad Khatami has blasted the British government’s seizure of a tanker carrying Iranian oil, saying the act of piracy was reminiscent of the “old fox’s many atrocities.”

Trump knows he cannot fight Iran: cleric

TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump knows that he cannot “fight” Iran, interim Friday prayer leader Ahmad Khatami told worshippers in Tehran.

U.S. misdemeanors won’t go ‘unanswered’, cleric promises

TEHRAN – Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said on Friday that U.S. misdemeanors against Iran will not remain “unanswered”.

Dey 9 can be repeated to counter sedition: cleric

TEHRAN – Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami has warned those “who want to commit sedition” in the country, saying the Dey 9 epic can be repeated to counter such acts.

Iran won’t negotiate with Trump’s America: cleric

TEHRAN – Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami has ruled out the possibility of holding any talks with the U.S. under President Donald Trump, who unilaterally walked away from the 2015 nuclear agreement, Mehr reported.

Iranian Cleric: war on Iran to inflict heavy costs on U.S., Israel

TEHRAN – Iranian Cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami warned the U.S. against the consequences of taking military action against Iran, saying such aggression will inflict heavy costs not only on the U.S., but also on its ally, the Zionist regime of Israel.

Cleric: Corruption is leprosy to every system

TEHRAN – Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami called on the authorities to intensify fight against corruption, saying corrupt individuals, whoever they are, “must be dealt with decisively”.

Iran marks International Quds Day

TEHRAN – Iranians poured into the streets in large numbers in different cities across the country to mark International Quds Day, which falls on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.

EU nothing better than U.S. in violating JCPOA, cleric says

TEHRAN – Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami says Europeans is the same as the U.S. in violating the nuclear deal, advising Iranian officials not to trust Europe after the U.S. withdrawal from the pact.

Dialogue with Israel is treason: cleric

TEHRAN – Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said on Friday that resistance is the only way to deal with the Zionist regime, emphasizing that dialogue with the occupying regime is a treason against the Palestinian cause.

Cult rioters must be punished: cleric

TEHRAN – Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said at the Tehran Friday prayers that both the nation and government want the rioters affiliated to a cult group to receive “severest” punishments.