Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, the temporary Friday prayer leader in Tehran, warned that if Israel breaks the ceasefire, Tel Aviv would be turned into a "ghost city." He claimed that global protests reflect growing hatred toward Israel, while Iran has demonstrated its power by targeting American bases. He described Israel as a “cancerous tumor” that must be removed and warned that if left unchecked, Israel would treat all Muslim nations as it has Syria. He also condemned the U.S., accusing it of launching military interventions in at least 25 countries over recent decades, calling its history a “dark dossier of crimes.”