Tehran, Iran, Jul. 16 – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described Israel on Sunday as “satanic and cancerous” and praised the Lebanese group Hezbollah for its “jihad” against the Jewish state. “This regime is an infectious tumour for the entire Islamic world”, Khamenei said in a speech that was aired on state television. He rejected the demand by U.S. President George W. Bush that Hezbollah disarm, vowing, “This will never happen”. He also described the Bush administration as the “most hideous” U.S. government in recent years. Meanwhile, prominent Lebanese politician Walid Jumblat said on Sunday that Lebanon had become...