Image: Borna News / Iranian media report image.- The quote is real in Iranian media reports of Khamenei’s 2026 Hajj message.
- It says Israel will not live to see 25 years after Ali Khamenei’s 2015 prediction.
- The line refers back to Ali Khamenei’s September 2015 “Israel will not exist in 25 years” statement.
Iranian media published a Hajj message from Sayyid Mojtaba Khamenei that revives one of Tehran’s most quoted anti-Israel lines: that the “Zionist regime” will not live to see 25 years after a prediction made ten years earlier.
The wording circulating online is substantially accurate. Borna News published the message in English and includes the phrase that Israel “will not live to see twenty-five years after that date, God willing.”
What he said
The Borna translation says: “The shaken Zionist regime and the cancerous tumor of Israel are likewise approaching the final stages of their wretched existence, and by God’s grace — and in accordance with the decisive and forward-looking words of our magnanimous martyred Leader … ten years ago — it will not live to see twenty-five years after that date.”
The message was framed as a Hajj-season address and placed the Israel line inside broader rhetoric against the United States, Israel and what the statement calls the “Resistance Front.”
What “ten years ago” refers to
The reference points to Ali Khamenei’s September 2015 statement after the nuclear-deal period. In the English version archived on Khamenei’s site, he said Israel would not see the next 25 years and that “nothing called the Zionist regime” would exist by then.
That 2015 line became a recurring slogan in Iranian political messaging. The new message is not introducing a new countdown from 2026; it is reaffirming the earlier 2015 timeline.
Image: Ali Khamenei historical portrait — Wikimedia Commons.Why it matters
The quote matters less as a literal policy announcement and more as a signal of continuity. It ties current Iranian leadership messaging to the old 25-year prediction and keeps the same apocalyptic language in circulation during a period of Iran-Israel escalation.
For readers tracking viral clips and captions, the main check is simple: yes, the quoted wording appears in Iranian media, but the context is a Hajj message and the “25 years” line is a revival of Ali Khamenei’s 2015 claim.
What to watch next
Watch whether the phrase is amplified through official Khamenei-linked channels, state media posters or military accounts. That would show whether it is becoming a coordinated messaging line rather than a single speech excerpt.
Also watch translations. Small wording shifts — “will not survive,” “will not see,” “will not live to see” — can change tone, but they all point back to the same 2015 claim.
NoDechev rating: verified quote with context. The wording appears in Iranian media’s English publication of the Hajj message; the “25 years” reference traces back to Ali Khamenei’s September 2015 statement about Israel.