Following are excerpts from a Friday sermon by Iranian Guardian Council Secretary Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, which aired on Channel 1, Iranian TV, on September 1, 2006.

Ahmad Jannati: The Muslims should learn that they too can stand up to the enemy. As Hassan Nasrallah said, Israel is weaker than a spider web. This is based on the Koran, according to which their plots and schemes are weaker than a spider web. This goes for America as well. It too is weaker than a spider web. But it requires real men... If the Islamic countries act like Hizbullah, and stand up to America like men, America will be humiliated, just like Israel.

Crowd: Allah Akbar

Allah Akbar

Allah Akbar

Khamenei is the leader.

Death to those who oppose the rule of the Jurisprudent

Death to America

Death to England

Death to the hypocrites [Mojahedin-e Khalq] and Saddam

Death to Israel