Cleric describes Iran march as magnificent

A senior Iranian cleric on Friday described the Iranian nation’s massive turnout in revolution rallies as a pledge of “allegiance” to the Islamic establishment.

“By their epic and magnificent turnout in the [22 Bahman] rallies, the nation declared that it is faithfully standing by the Islamic Republic,” Tehran’s Interim Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami said, adding that no stratagem could disconnect the nation from the Islamic establishment.

He said the West and their allies should know that the Iranian nation regards the Islamic Republic as a divine establishment not a political one.

Ayatollah Khatami rejected the language of threat against Iran as “the most imprudent tool” to apply pressure on the country.

The West must admit the fact that Iran is an important player in the international political arena, whose power emanates from its people, he said.