West seeking to obliterate Islam: Iran

West's ultimate objective is to obliterate Islam, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has said adding that it has started its plan with Palestine.

"Their major plan is to totally destroy Islam and they have started it with Palestine," Larijani said in an address during Friday Prayers to worshippers at Tehran who attended International Quds Day rallies earlier in the day, Press TV reported.

The senior Iranian official added that that the Western countries created Israel in Palestinian lands with the aim of breaking up and sharing Islamic countries among themselves.

Larijani added that differences among certain Arab countries have helped Israel survive.

The Iranian Majlis speaker said the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran changed the strategy of Muslims in standing up to Israel.

He said Iran's eight-year sacred defence against Iraq and Iran's resistance against West was a source of inspiration for other Muslim nations.

The top parliamentarian underlined that the development of nuclear technology was a major achievement that Iran has made without the West's help.

He further said the failure of talks on Tehran's nuclear issue would be a strategic mistake and not in the West's interests.