Ayatollah Khamenei received a group of participants in the 6th General Assembly of Ahlul Bayt (AS) and the 8th summit of the General Assembly of Islamic Radios and Televisions Union here in Tehran on Monday, cast doubt on the definitive fate of the nuclear deal, which incited much hope in both Tehran and Washington as a decisive deal to end the nuclear deadlock.
The Leader of the Islamic Republic told the meeting that the US had assumed to find a channel to strengthen its footholds in Iran through this deal; “however, we would not allow such thing to materialize; with the nuclear deal still undecided by both Congress and our Parliament, no such US lead and foothold inside the country would be possible and would be allowed neither,” the Leader emphasized.
Ayatollah Khamenei then touched upon regional issues; “in Yemen, we will spare no option to help the war-torn country and innocent civilians now suffering the scars of a Saudi military intervention, which sought political ends in the most ludicrous manner possible through destroying a country’s infrastructure; the US seeks, as usual, to deepen the grip on the region in pursuit of their own evil objectives; however, we will not allow such thing to happen,” he asserted.
He told the meeting that the US had an objective of disintegrating the countries of the region including Iraq and Syria; “we would support any party fighting Israel; the resistance in the Palestine is a golden chapter of the history and we do support this resistance whatsoever; the plans to disintegrate Syria and Iraq will not be realized by heavenly interventions,” he exclaimed.
“In the past 35 years, Iranians had been the target of diverse forms of threat and political ruses, to which they have developed immunity; in the Middle East however, the sabotage was launched after the Islamic Awakening (Arab Spring popularly) which roamed North Africa few years ago; the west [imperialism] would fail to see that their campaign to suppress this ‘awakening’ had unraveled and that it would continue unremitted, and sooner or later, they will definitely see it rising from the ground, resuming the devastation unleashed by the popular masses against the imperialist causes,” he emphasized.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that the Imperialist front and the US as its head were the quintessence of the concept of the ‘enemy;’ “the US has no share of human ethics and morals; they tactfully perpetrate crime through beautiful words encapsulated in simile and good gestures, which are currently utilized to sow discord among the nations in topics as Shias and Sunnis, with the British as the major player, and the US serving as disciples,” added the Leader.
“The most violent and savage Takfirist groups the US acknowledged fostering in the Middle East are their most effective device, which easily beguile the most simple-minded Muslims, with Syria being the most telling example; in Tunisia and Egypt, with the despotic leaders fallen to the popular revolutionary forces, the US devised the remedy to abort the ideals of the forces seeking change for their countries; what happens in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen are called ‘religious war,’ which is however a misnomer, since the battle ongoing in those countries are more political than religious,” the Leader emphasized.
“Islamic Republic of Iran has clearly announced its policy of seeking friendly ties with the neighbors; however, some countries would show their animosity toward Iran in broad daylight; we would not consider religion as a determining factor of our support to either Sunni brethren or Shia brethren in Palestine [HAMAS] and Lebanon [Hezbollah],” he told the meeting.