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January 1, 2025

Khamenei's Demented Hatred of Israel

By Abbas Sadeghian, Ph.D.

The basis of octogenarian and supreme leader Khamenei's dark delusions of the extermination of Israel.

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Khamenei Hates and Blames Israel for Everything

Events in Iran are horrible for citizens to tolerate, but it seems that Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Supreme dictator of Iran, is losing his grip on the country.

The "Women, Life, and Freedom" movement of a couple of years ago has devolved into a movement toward restrictive regime change.

Khamenei's desperation is apparent in his speeches and his psychotic rants. Hamas, Hezbollah, Yemen, and Shiites of Iraq and Syria are destroyed. However, he is still declaring that the axis of resistance is alive and he is victorious everywhere. His government has become increasingly brutal and oppressive and has committed excessive acts of brutality in Iran.

To understand the factors involved in the current problems in Iran and the Middle East, we must examine this situation from various perspectives:

Who is Khamenei?

Khamenei is a devout Muslim/Shiite. His entire family is composed of high-level clergymen.

Khamenei has been the main leader and supreme dictator of Iran since 1989. He previously served as the third president of Iran from 1981 to 1989, and during his 35-year rule, he has continued to get more outrageous and hysterical regarding his views on Israel. His bizarre outbursts seem to be predicated on his perceptions of ideological and religious motivations, geopolitical rivalry, historical tensions, and political strategy.

On 27 June 1981, Khamenei was the object of an assassination attempt. He was unconscious for several hours, lost his right hand, and suffered from Traumatic Brain Injury. I explained the effect of the injury of his brain in my article, "The Leader who does not know that he does not know."

Anosognosia is the technical term for this type of post-injury syndrome. This event was very similar to Operation Valkyrie, arguably the most meticulously planned assassination attempt against Adolf Hitler.

Any injury affecting the right side of the brain causes the patient to lose their awareness of their deficiency. They become very aggressive and difficult people, believing that they are fine, insisting that there is nothing wrong, and ignoring the advice of medical practitioners.

Currently, Khamenei is quite aggressive and brutal. He lacks insight into his behavior or its effect on others. There is no sign of sympathy toward the masses of Iran. For instance, last year, when there was an uprising of women all over the country he ordered chemical poisoning attacks on elementary school girls, causing 150 deaths and an unknown number of serious injuries.

Khamenei claims that he is an Ayatollah, but he is not since he never finished his religious studies. He is a student of notorious Ayatollah Khomeini, both of these creatures have declared Israel must be exterminated.

Shortly after the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Iran's first Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, established the "day of Ghuds" or Al-Quds Day. All Muslims are supposed to pray for the freedom of Jerusalem on that day to show solidarity with Palestinian resistance. According to Al-Jazeera, "some observers have claimed that the event was initiated by Iran to further its own political interests of using proxies to fight against Israel and western powers."

On the surface, Khomeini appeared to be wishing to free Palestine from Israeli occupation. However he seemed to be blinded by religious zeal since his words did not make any sense.

The conflict with Israel is totally unnecessary. Why? Iran does not even share any borders with Israel; Tehran and Jerusalem are 1500 miles apart, with several countries between them!

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Outside interference by other countries to resolve the Palestinian issue has just made it more complicated, beginning with the First World War. Outside interference simply does not work. The best example of this is the current problems in Gaza, as well as in the rest of the Middle East.

In the beginning, Khamenei called Israel a cancerous tumor that should be removed from the Middle East. In the end, he managed to destroy both Gaza and Hamas.

Origins of Muslim / Jewish Conflict

The origin of the Muslim / Jewish conflict could be found in the life of Prophet Mohammad himself. Mohammad hated the Jews of Arabia because they would not accept him as the last prophet of the god.

Also, Mohammad suffered from epilepsy, and whenever his seizures caused him to become excessively angry, he battled with Jews. Although the issue of Mohammad's epilepsy is not well known, I proved it in my book, Sword and Seizure, Prophet Mohammad's Epilepsy and Creation of Islam (2006), which can be accessed for free here.

Mohammad came up with the verses of jihad in the Quran, which made it seem reasonable to fight against Jews and die for God.

On that account:

Shakir 5:32 For this reason did We prescribe to the children of Israel that whoever slays a soul, unless it be for manslaughter or for mischief in the land, it is as though he slew all men; and whoever keeps it alive, it is as though he kept alive all men; and certainly Our messengers came to them with clear arguments, but even after that many of them certainly act extravagantly in the land.

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Shakir 5:33] The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement.

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Also, when Mohammad needed gold to win the hearts of his followers, he accomplished that by plundering Jewish tribes. He massacred Jewish people during the battles of Bani Ghoraize / Bani Ghingha / Bani Nazir and killed the remaining Jews in the battle of Khaybar Fortress. The result of these battles was the extermination of most of the Jews of Arabia.

With that kind of historical background, which is documented in Mohammad's original biography (listed below), there would not be any hope for peace. That is not to say that no one can achieve peaceful living. The recent successes of countries like Egypt, Jordan, UAE, and many other small countries of the world are a testament to living in peace.

However, ignorant zeal makes peace impossible.

The religious causes of Khamenei's hatred were enhanced by his familial zeal and exposure to the "Muslim Brotherhood." This fundamentalist organization, which is dedicated to the destruction of colonialism, imperialism and Zionism, took a foothold in Iran during the Second World War. Its spokesman was a low-level clergy named Nawab Safavi (aka Navvab Safavi.)

Nawab was responsible for advocating terrorism. He assassinated several high-level politicians in Iran and he was executed in 1956. While he was jailed, recordings of interviews with him revealed his pedophilia.

As an adolescent, Khamenei met Nawab and became his follower. Many Iranian politicians of the current Islamic Republic statesman were impressed by Nawab's theories and followed his footsteps. That is the original cause of the Iranian government's terrorist activities inside Iran and abroad. It is also the genesis of Iran's preoccupation with the extermination of Israel. Khamenei even notes in his autobiography that he "entered into the world of politics under the influence of Nawab Safavi."

Given this information, we can see that this eighty-five-year-old despot will never give up, even as he approaches the end of his life. Like other control freaks, Khamenei will ensure that his son becomes the next leader, continuing his dark delusions of the extermination of Israel, the unmitigated dictatorship of the country, and the relentless expansion of the Shiite sect of Islam for eternity.

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Mohammad's original biography: Ibn Ishaq, The Life of Mohammad, Translated 1955, London. Oxford University Press.



Authors Bio:



I was born and raised in Tehran Iran .I came to the U.S in 1976 to study psychology. With time decided to hang my hat here and became a U.S. citizen.

My areas of interest in psychology were varied. However I mostly worked with stroke patients. I minored in history and Anthropology in college. I practiced as a clinical neuropsychologist and as an assistant professor of psychology in Northeastern Ohio Medical University. I have written articles, books, and Invented treatments for serious neurological conditions. My last area of interest in neuropsychology was in research for treatment of hemianopsia.

I fought in Iranian revolution, Iranian politics.
I retired a couple of years ago and I spend my extra time playing Tar which is a Persian instrument. Tar is grand father of Guitar , but it is much more delicate and can play musical pieces that one can not play on Piano or Guitar.
The pleasures of life come from playing Tar ,reading history books, blogging and being with my family. The painful part of life is dealing with Iranian government and its supporters. I am an atheist , however , I respect freedom of religions.
I am a Democrat.


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