The Tehran Friday Prayer continued Iran�s condemnation of the US campaign in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State, with�Ayatollah Kazem Seddiqi (pictured) declaring, �The coalition between the United States and a few Arab countries is clearly a hoax under the guise of combating terrorism.�
Seddiqi spoke of the Islamic State�s imminent capture of the Kurdish center of Kobane in northern Syria, preferring to blame the US rather than the jihadists: �The city of Kobane has been ravaged and they want to show that Islam is a religion of cruelty � this is the work of America.�

The specific concern of the cleric was that Washington and allies �intend to finally create a no-fly-zone in Syria�. Their real objective, he said, was not to contain the Islamic State but to weaken the Assad regime�s air force.

Other clerics supported Seddiqi. The Mashhad Friday Prayer Leader, Ayatollah Ahmad Alamalhoda,�declared:
The arrogant powers don�t take into account that the people of the world are watching and paying attention, knowing that the United States created ISIS. The purpose of the American led-coalition against ISIS is to interfere in Syria�s [domestic affairs].
And the Kashan Friday Prayer Leader, Ayatollah Abdul-Nabi Namazi,�went farther afield�� he blamed Thursday�s bombing in the Yemeni capital Sana�a on the Americans: �The same plot that was implemented during the Egyptian uprising and revolution is now being implemented in Yemen.�

(Hat tip to�Hanif Zarrabi-Kashani�for translations)

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