The flag of defending human rights is being carried by those who are the greatest enemies of human rights, and the government of the United States is taking the lead among them! Look at what is done to the black community in their own country. This issue is not about the past. It is not about 50 or 100 years ago, as some officials would claim, stating they have already had reforms. This is an issue for today, in the major cities of the United States.

In a country that claims to support freedom and human rights, the problem of racial discrimination has not been solved yet. In that society, people are still deprived of a sense of security only because they have dark skins! If necessary, the police may beat them to death over the crime of having dark skins! The same government claims that they support human rights!

In the same way that the US government ignores crimes against people of color in  America , they turn a blind eye to the horrible crimes of the usurper Zionist regime. Just take a look at what Zionists have done to a defenseless people during the past few days! These bombardments, kidnappings and murders should all considered as crimes, however they pass silently and unpunished.

Ayatollah Khamenei, 08/20/1997

Human values have been annihilated and trampled upon in that country. There is racial discrimination in that country. Just a few days before that debate, that man stood up in his presidential campaign and said that if you are colored – black or red-skinned - and if you are walking on the streets of New York, Chicago, Washington, California and other such cities, you cannot be sure that you will remain alive for a few more minutes! Notice that this is being said by a person who expects to go to the White House in a few days to manage the affairs of America! American racism means this.

Poverty has struck the Americans as well. He said that 44 million people are hungry in America! He and others said that less than one percent of the people of America are the owners of 90 percent of American wealth. Human values have been trampled upon in that country. There is discrimination, differentiation, racism and annihilation of human rights in America. When you shout, “Death to America” and when Imam (r.a.) said, “Let out all your shouts and cries on America” this means death to all these things. It was because of these things that Imam (r.a.) said, “Let out all your shouts and cries on America.”

November 2, 2016

Those in power in the United States, wishfully and naively, are still suffering from the illusion that they rule the world. They talk in a manner as if they are dictators over the entire earth! And there are some who obey them out of fear and low self-esteem. Today, the Islamic Republic stands in full power against the United States and tells those in power, who do you think you are? If you are a powerful state, then go manage your own country! If you really care, then tackle the insecurities and violence on the streets of Washington DC, New York City, and Los Angeles! If you really care, go fix racial discrimination and the disastrous violations of human rights for both whites and blacks in your own country! Mind your own business, rather than meddling with other nations' affairs!

April 13, 1994