In the name of Allah, the All-Beneficent, the Ever-Merciful

Commenting on the decision of the United States to recognize the city of Jerusalem as the capital of the Israeli entity, an official source from the office of Sayyid Sistani in the holy city of Najaf said:
This decision is denounced and condemned. It has hurt the sentiments of hundreds of millions of Arabs and Muslims, but it will not change the fact that Jerusalem is an occupied land that should return to the sovereignty of its Palestinian owners no matter how long it takes. The efforts of the ummah ought to be combined and their voices should be united in this struggle. Allah is the guardian of the victory.