Deputy Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem described the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran as the source of inspiration for the growing waves of Islamic awakening in the region.
“The Islamic awakening that we are witnessing in the Middle-East has started from the Islamic Revolution in Iran,” Sheikh Naim said, addressing the First International Conference on Islamic Awakening here in Tehran on Saturday.
“Now that Iran’s Islamic Revolution has turned into a role model, we are witnessing that its mottos and values are discussed in human communities one after another,” he added.
Elsewhere, the senior Lebanese Hezbollah leader warned the regional nations about the US and Israel’s plot to hijack the ongoing revolutions in the region, and called for Muslim nations’ unity to defuse enemies’ conspiracies.
The first conference on Islamic Awakening kicked off work here in Tehran on Saturday in the presence of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution.
The conference also attended by Iran’s top officials, including President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani, will continue for two days.
Chairman of Iran’s Experts Assembly Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani, Guardian Council Secretary Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, Intelligence Minister Haidar Moslehi, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalali, Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, Leader’s Top Advisor for International Affairs Ali Akbar Velayati, Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi along with tens of other Iranian officials are also present in the conference.
Over 600 foreign thinkers and intellectuals from 80 world countries and over 400 elites from Iran will attend the two-day conference.
