Caption: Flag of Iran. A new resolution passed in the Senate calling on the U.S. to help Israel if the Jewish state must act militarily against Iran in its own defense. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

An Iranian think tank leader with close ties to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called Jews sorcerers that are using their powers to subjugate Iran in a speech to religious students in April. This view was already propagated in a March article on the Iranian website Rasanews.ir.

“The Jews are currently subjecting us to an unprecedented trial. As you read in the Koran, [King] Solomon ruled the world… and God ordered a group of sorcerers to come out against him. The Jews have the greatest powers of sorcery, and they make use of this tool,” said Mehdi Taeb as translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).

“All the measures that have been brought against us originate with the Zionists. The U.S. is a tool in their hands. So far, they have not used the full [scope of] their sorcery against us. Sorcery was the final means to which they resorted during the Ahmadinejad era, but they were defeated. This ability of the Jews was eliminated by Iran. Five years ago they tried to oust Ahmadinejad [by this means].”

The Rasanews.ir article speculated that Jewish mysticism traditions are being used for wield power over the world. “The Jews have always tended to resort to divination, [a practice] that has its roots in astronomy, astrology and sorcery, [which they picked up] when they consorted with various peoples in the course of history…The [Jewish] people think that ruling over man, nature, and divine traditions can be achieved only by means of sorcery. They believe that it is possible to conquer nature and control the world, and even to control God’s decisions, by using sorcery methods.”