0600 GMT: In the Tehran Friday Prayers, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami's focus was beyond Iran, condemning foreign support of "terrorists" in the Syrian conflict. He denounced Wednesday's bombing in Damascus that killed President Assad's leading officials as "a measure of the sheer spite that the arrogant powers hold against the Syrian regime and nation".
Khatami said “resistance against global devils and extortionists” was the only viable option for the regime and claimed, "Syria is paying for its support for the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah as well as its ties with the Islamic Republic."
More interesting than Khatami's declaration --- be it a show of strength behind Damascus or a show of concern that President Assad's power may be crumbling --- were the words from his fellow Tehran Friday Prayers leader Hojatoleslam Kazem Seddiqi. In his statement --- be it a show of strength for the regime or a show of concern that political and economic criticism may go beyond the Government and reach Ayatollah Khamenei --- he insisted:
Today the whole world envies us for the Supreme Leader as the defender of religion. In Islamic society, the ruler is like qibla [the direction faced by a Muslim during prayer].
Those who don't accept the Supreme Leader, don't accept the rule of God.
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