Mohammad Hossein Abotorabi-Fard, the temporary Friday prayer imam in Tehran, announced that "if"

Mohammad Hossein Abotorabi-Fard, the temporary Friday prayer imam in Tehran, said: "If it weren’t for America’s war-mongering, the Islamic Republic would not be in this position of power today, and America’s bases in the region would not have been turned into a wasteland."

The acting Friday prayer imam in Tehran said: "America’s war-mongering and military aggression have become the determining factor for the shift of the balance of power in favor of Iran, the resistance axis, and the nations of the region."

Abotorabi-Fard also added: "If it weren’t for America’s war-mongering, the strategic waterway of Hormuz would not have been in the hands of the powerful armed forces and the IRGC."

He also added that the power of America and the West "has, in principle, been moving toward weakness and inability."