Leader: Iran’s enemies targeting Islam

Leader of Islamic Ummah and Oppressed People Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the enemies are targeting Islam and the Holy Qur’an to fight Iran.

In a Wednesday meeting with Basij youth, the Leader pointed to the 30-year animosity of arrogant powers toward the people of Iran and said, “The enemies pretend that their target is Iran but in reality they are targeting Islam and the Qur’an.”

“Because they have realized the source of the Iranian nation’s development, resilience and dignity is the religion of Islam, spirituality and the Qur’an.”

Ayatollah Khamenei said the Iranian nation is a pioneer in the battle between the Muslim Ummah and hegemonic powers and it will increase its strength to advance without retreating or slowing down.

The Leader said the Iranian nation is passing a dangerous turn in history, adding that “in the past 30 years we have passed parts of this fate-determining era but crossing these sensitive points is not yet over.”

Ayatollah Khamenei added that the nation and its officials would continue their path with “wisdom, deliberation and solidarity.”

The Leader said certain individual claim that the Revolution has aged, is over and Imam Khomeini has been forgotten.

“These individuals, who were not necessarily the enemies of the Revolution from the beginning, were left wanting in the face of their egocentricity and materialistic motivations and succumbed to temptations of power and position.”

The Leader said these individuals have become empty on the inside and this is why they think the Revolution is over but this claim is a fraction of their “imagination and a hallucination.”

The Leader said Iranians would overcome the enemies and “reach the high peaks of progress and honor.”