A state-appointed Iranian cleric lashed out against Jews in an antisemitic outburst on Friday.

"The greatest dangers and harms today come from the Jews," said Khamenei's representative in Azad University of Gilan, Mohammad Hossein Safavi, during a Friday prayer sermon in Rasht.

"According to God's words in Quran, the Jews are the most hostile beings, and they have made every effort to infiltrate Islamic society," said Safavi who is also the interim Friday prayers imam of Rasht in northern Iran.