The new idols of the world are headed by America, the great Satan, which is the source of all the depravity in today's world.... Imam [Khomeini] said: "There is only one option... which can completely destroy this depravity. What is [the solution]? It is the unity of the Muslims."... The Muslims and the oppressed in the world should be united, in order to destroy the new idols of the world.

Iranian Leader's Representative for Hajj Affairs Mohammad Rayshahri: Muslims Should Unite and Destroy Idols of the World, Led by America. MEMRI (November 16, 2007).