Leader: Enemies made miscalculation in riots, failed to get Iranians on board
Leader of the Islamic Ummah and Oppressed Imam Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei highlights the enemies’ “miscalculation” during recent riots in Iran, saying they attempted in vain to rally the Iranians behind their plot to overthrow the government and disintegrate the Islamic Republic.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with a number of poets and panegyrists of the Holy Prophet’s household in Tehran on Thursday.
The Leader said the enemies “imagined that the Iranian nation would support their plot of subversion and secessionism due to their economic problems.”
The enemies thought that they could force the Iranian officials into inaction through various types of insults and sow discord among the country’s high-ranking authorities through hue and cry, Ayatollah Khamenei added.
The Leader stated that the enemies “thought they could affect the Islamic Republic’s will by [spending] the petrodollars of a mercenary state of the US and frustrate the Iranian youths by encouraging some mercenary elements to seek asylum in other countries,” the Leader
“This is while they made a mistake and no one paid attention to them. They made a mistake because the Islamic Republic’s will emerged to be stronger and firmer than all the components of their power,” Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized.
Over the past 40 years, the Leader said, the enemies have acted against the Islamic Republic in any possible way, “but they have so far suffered defeat because their calculations were wrong and they will [continue to] face defeated in the future.”
Ayatollah Khamenei, however, warned that the enemy’s miscalculations should not make the Iranians negligent and prideful, calling on the nation to remain careful and maintain its unity and hope.
Over the past 40 years, the Leader said, the enemies have acted against the Islamic Republic in any possible way, “but they have so far suffered defeat because their calculations were wrong and they will [continue to] face defeated in the future.”
Ayatollah Khamenei, however, warned that the enemy’s miscalculations should not make the Iranians negligent and prideful, calling on the nation to remain careful and maintain its unity and hope.
Ayatollah Khamenei stressed the importance for the country to build strength as the main factor that demoralizes the enemies.
“When we become so strong that the enemy becomes frustrated, we can achieve peace of mind,” he said.
