IS Releases Video Threatening Iran

W460

The Islamic State group threatened Iran for its role in the region's conflicts, in a rare Farsi-language propaganda video released on Monday.

The 36-minute video, entitled "The Farsi Land: from Yesterday till Today", was issued through IS' social media channels from Diyala province in neighboring Iraq.

A masked man directs his message to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

"O, Khamenei, you cursed person who controls the so-called Islamic Iranian regime, rest assured that soon we will destroy your house like this," he says, pointing to ruins behind him.

Several captured soldiers are decapitated in the video, one of whom is wearing a "Ya Hossein" badge, indicating that he is a Shiite fighter.

Shiite-majority Iran has been a key backer of the Syrian and Iraqi governments as they seek to root out IS and other Sunni rebels, sending thousands of fighters and military advisers.

IS and other extremists consider Shiites to be apostates, and the video accuses Iranians of persecuting Sunnis over the centuries and into modern times.

"We will conquer Iran and restore it to the Sunni Muslim nation as it was before," says another man in the video.

The video also chastises Iran for its tolerance towards Jews.

"Iran raised its slogans against the U.S. and Israel to deceive the Sunnis while Iranian Jews live safely in Iran under its protection, and it has provided them with temples and churches as seen in Tehran and Isfahan," the narrator says.

Comments 7
Thumb justin 27 March 2017, 22:34

lol:) why now?

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 28 March 2017, 02:47

For years, Isis held large part of the Suweida Badia and the regime did not fire a single shot at them. Over the last 48 hours, FSA routed ISIS from Suweida Badia and now the regime is shelling FSA. ISIS was a very convenient way for the regime to blackmail the Druze community.

Thumb gigahabib 27 March 2017, 23:27

Lol, Mustaqbalis acting as if Iranians and Shias having been targeted by ISIS for years now.

Thumb popeye 28 March 2017, 06:27

show when was the last time ISIS attacked Iran ya troll

Thumb gigahabib 28 March 2017, 11:14

Just from the top of my head. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/isil-kills-top-iranian-commander-syria-151009074246576.html

Thumb scorpyonn 28 March 2017, 04:07

They are both equally evil- let them cancel each other out.

Thumb shab 28 March 2017, 18:16

link ?