Commander of Basij Describes Iran as Role Model of Regional Uprisings

Islamic Revolution has become a role model for discontent regional nations to revolt against their western-backed tyrannical rulers.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, Commander of Iran’s Basij (volunteer) forces Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi told reporters that the recent uprisings and awakening of the Muslim nations in the region are the result of the Islamic Revolution’s spiritual illumination under the leadership of the late Founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini.

“This awakening, of course, started in different countries right with Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, and uprisings of the people in Iraq, Pakistan and Egypt in that year were instances corroborating this fact,” Naqdi said.

“But, since most of those who took part in those uprisings were intellectuals and political élites and masses of the people were not present on the scene, these uprisings were violently suppressed by the arrogant rulers,” he added.

“But this time is totally different from the past, because Islamic teachings have found their roots among the nations during the last 30 years.

“If in the past, those nations did not have any role model, today they can see the Islamic Iran which has stood against the arrogant powers throughout the last 32 years and made progress in all the different cultural, scientific and economic dimensions,” the Basij commander stressed.

Also, The Leader of the Islamic Ummah and Oppressed People Seyyed Imam Ali Khamenei last month underscored the profound and vast influence of Iran’s Islamic Revolution on the growing wave of Islamic awakening in the region, and voiced confidence about the desirable outcomes of the current popular uprisings.

“Thanks to Islam and Islamic Revolution, a public Islamic awakening has happened in the region today, which will definitely yield its results as it has already yielded its results in certain points,” The Leader said late in April.

“The more the people’s determination, faith and readiness for sacrifice grows, the higher the chances of victory will be,” the Leader continued.

Ayatollah Khamenei also stressed that recent developments in the region have surprised the US, European and Zionists, and warned that the arrogant powers have conspired plots to gain control over these developments.

As regards the outcomes of the recent Islamic awakening in the region, the Leader assured that “this movement will eventually serve the interests of the people of the region in future”.

The Leader further called on the regional nations to be vigilant about enemies’ plots, cautioning that enemies are seeking to derail their movement.

In recent months, a wave of revolutions and anti-government uprisings has been sweeping the Arab world.

In January, a revolution in Tunisia ended the 23-year ruling of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

In February, another Arab revolution led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after three decades of his authoritarian rule.

Other revolutions are underway in Libya, Yemen and Bahrain, while other anti-government unrests are erupting in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman, Kuwait and Algeria.