Faith, Main Factor Strengthening Islamic Iran’s Defense Capability
Ayatollah Khamenei made the statement in a meeting on Sunday with participants in the national gathering of the commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
The Leader described the IRGC as a "strong fortress of the revolution” and "a prominent element in defending internal and external security and an outstanding, superb and necessary identity for the progress of the country and moving toward ideals.”
While referring to some deviations, which aim to counter the main components of the soft and spiritual power of the Islamic establishment and distort those components, the Leader said, "One of the important components of the soft power of the Islamic Republic is absolute distrust toward hegemonic powers, on top of them America, and this distrust must increase on a daily basis.”
At the beginning of his remarks, the Leader of the revolution said the edict issued by the late Imam Khomeini for the establishment of three forces of the IRGC was a result of the insightful and foresighted view as well as illuminated soul of that great and divine man. With regard to the importance, value and position of the IRGC, the Leader added, "Imam’s famous sentence that ‘there would be no Iran without the IRGC’ was said because the IRGC is [like] a purified tree from whose identity oozes out faith and revolutionary and Jihadi movement, and protection of the country and the revolution is also hinged on the persistence of these important elements.”
Ayatollah Khamenei mentioned "revolutionary and Jihadi movement” as the main requisite for achieving the big ideal of the revolution, that is, "establishment of the new Islamic civilization” and defending the Islamic establishment in the face of all kinds of plots. The Leader said, "Now, after the lapse of 37 years since the [victory of] the Islamic Revolution, especially following the period of the Sacred Defense [Iraq’s eight-year imposed war on Iran], the truth of what that deep-thinking, experienced and God-reliant man said about the IRGC has become evident more than ever before, and now it must be said that the IRGC is the strong fortress of the revolution.”
Emphasizing that defending the security inside and outside the frontiers of Iran is one of the basic duties for the IRGC, Ayatollah Khamenei pointed out that "in addition to maintaining security and [paying attention to] defense issues, the IRGC is also playing a role and is effective in other fields such as construction, development, providing services to the deprived, and issues related to culture and art and production of revolutionary thought. These measures must continue and the people and the public opinion must be kept abreast of them.”
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution described as prominent and exemplary the IRGC’s defense, construction and cultural measures and while stressing that such assessment of measures taken by the IRGC is both realistic and impartial, added, "Even the enemies of the [Islamic] establishment and revolution pass such a judgment on the IRGC.”
Stressing that preserving the identity of the IRGC is an important measure, which needs permanent vigilance and identification of problems, the Leader said, "Preservation [of the identity] does not mean to stop in time, but in parallel to changes in the tools and advances of the enemy, the IRGC must not be content with its advances in the field of science and technology and innovations and [this] forward march must not come to a halt.”
Ayatollah Khamenei mentioned "security” as a very important issue that provides the ground for spiritual and material progress of the society, noting, "Among duties of the IRGC is to ensure internal and external security [of the country] and if this external security does not exist, and the enemy is not stopped outside the borders, internal security would also be lost.”
The Leader said upgrading the might of the Armed Forces is a requisite for fending off military threats, adding, "During the course of past years, sometimes remarks have been made by some officials to the effect that the military threat [posed by enemies] and [a possible] war was headed off due to that given measure, while such remarks are not correct, because the sole factor that does away with the military threat has been and will be ‘the defense and military might’ and ‘striking fear and panic in [the heart of] the enemy’.”
Referring to some recent remarks made to the effect that the reason behind the progress of some countries has been dismantling of their military organizations, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said, "It is hard to believe such remarks from persons to whom they have been attributed, but if such remarks have been made in real, they are wrong statements.”
Ayatollah Khamenei said, "Countries, which are said to have dismantled their military organizations, did not do this on their own volition, but they were totally destroyed during the [Second] World War and they were not allowed to have a military organization.”
"No wise [country] would give up its defense force, [and] this is why the defense power of the country must be strengthened on a daily basis,” the Leader emphasized.
Ayatollah Khamenei described "faith” as the main factor that strengthens defense capability of the country and noted, "This is the meaning of asymmetrical warfare and despite possessing advanced tools and equipment, the opposite side lacks faith.”
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution then added, "An outstanding example of asymmetrical warfare took place in Iraq and it was when the popular Iraqi forces, who lacked advanced military equipment but were endowed with strong faith, managed to liberate regions [from Daesh terrorists], while military personnel of America and their allies had not been able to bring those regions under their control since the outset of their presence in Iraq.”
Elsewhere in his remarks, the Leader referred to the push made to "distort components of the Islamic establishment’s soft power” and said, "In addition to wrong statements about the defense capability of the country, some wrong remarks and distortions are made about some of the revolution’s concepts, whose danger [to the revolution] is more than [those] wrong statements.”
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution enumerated negation of "independence” and considering it as equal to isolation as a case of such distortions, adding, "The main goal of negating independence is [to pave the way for] following [regional] orders delineated by hegemonic powers, which unfortunately, some people are repeating knowingly or unknowingly.”
Ayatollah Khamenei stated that "independence, culture, and [religious] beliefs” are sources of a nation’s identity, emphasizing, "For what reason we must give up our real identity and follow suit with wrong and despicable Western methods?”
The Leader mentioned the shameful issue of "homosexualism” as an issue, which is against the exigency and creation of humans, and said, "In global propaganda, they create such an atmosphere and ballyhoo that if any person denies these wrong issues, he would feel isolated and this is why even some Western officials declare their support for such an erroneous way of thinking in order to garner votes.”
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution emphasized that this situation is the result of a lack of independence on which Western states emphasize, asking, "Now, should we give up the divine and brilliant thought of Islam and follow such disgraceful thought?”
"Considering idealism as equal to lack of rationality” was mentioned by Ayatollah Khamenei as another instance of distortion of the Islamic establishment’s soft power components, saying, "Idealism is equal to rationality, because if a nation loses its ideals, it would be empty from within as is the case with the current situation of Western societies.”
"Ideals are what creates enthusiasm for progress and movement in nations and the loftier, better tested and more illuminated are these ideals, the more flawless the movement [which is based on them] would be,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution then referred to another case of distortion of the Islamic establishment’s soft power, saying, "One of the elements of the Islamic Republic of Iran's soft power is ‘absolute distrust in hegemonic world powers’, the [true] symbol of which is currently America.”
Ayatollah Khamenei then stressed the need to promote absolute distrust in the United States, saying, "Unfortunately, some people are not ready to accept this distrust and although they say it in their words that America is the enemy, the true sense of distrust toward America does not exist in them.”
The Leader noted, "When the real sense of hostility and distrust toward the opposite side exists in one, he would observe its requirements in negotiations and meetings and would not absolutely trust what the other side says.”
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution said absolute distrust in the United States is an outcome of rationality resulting from thinking and depth and experience and said, "We have seen the issue of America’s hostility through the long years after the revolution and in recent issues related to the nuclear negotiations and [also] with regard to other issues.”
Pointing out a historical case in this regard, Ayatollah Khamenei said, "In the case of Constitutionalism, when the British were trusted and the path [of the Constitutional Revolution] was diverted toward their embassy, a basic blow was dealt [to Constitutionalism] and as a result the country lagged behind for 75 years.”
Addressing some regional countries, the Leader said, "If you are not vigilant and do not understand the stratagem of America’s hegemonic system and are deceived by their smile, you may also move backward 50 or even 100 years.”
"If today, we clear the way for negotiations with Americans and their temptations in different sectors, we would not only provide grounds for their overt and covert infiltration, but the planned progress of the country would never be realized and backwardness would be definitive,” the Leader of the Islamic Revolution explained.
Ayatollah Khamenei then underlined the need for officials to be vigilant and watchful in the face of the infiltration and domination of the enemy, noting, "Americans insist that we negotiate with them issues related to the West Asia region, especially [the situation in] Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen. What is their real objective behind these requests for talks? They have no objective but to prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran’s presence in the region [which they know] is the main factor behind America’s failures.”
Referring to negotiation ploys used by Americans and their clear hostilities, examples of which were seen in nuclear negotiations, Ayatollah Khamenei said, "Rationality calls on us to be absolutely distrustful of those who have made their animosity clear.”
Alluding to some whispers about the need for negotiations with the United States over regional issues, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution emphasized, "Negotiating with America is not only fruitless, but also detrimental and this issue has been made clear to high-ranking officials of the country with an argument and they had no answer to refute that [argument].”
The Leader then reiterated that talks will not reduce the existing hostilities between Iran and the United States, but will clear the way for US infiltration. Referring to the security that prevails in the country, the Leader said, "The enemy has focused all its effort on disturbing security in the country, [and] therefore, all organizations of the Armed Forces and other concerned organs must protect this security as an important achievement in today’s insecure world.”
The Leader stated that in addition to the security of the living environment, cultural and intellectual security are also very important, noting, "The IRGC must play a role in all these.”
The Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces then gave a number of recommendations to the Islamic Revolution guards and while mentioning "faith and revolutionary and Jihadi spirit” as the pivot of all capabilities of the IRGC, added that the revolutionary spirit must not be allowed to be weakened by getting attached to worldly pleasures and entering a race for leading a luxurious and extravagant life.
"The necessity of maintaining attachment between new generations of the IRGC and the concepts of the revolution” and "the importance of the issue of education” were other recommendations given by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. He also described the "Basij” force as a "national potentiality” and while expressing satisfaction with numerous activities undertaken by the popular organ, laid emphasis on the need to give more depth to those activities.
Referring to the "model and future-building role of the Iranian nation in global developments,” Ayatollah Khamenei said, "If officials and people manage to realize the Economy of Resistance in its real sense and rescue the country from the financial and monetary magic of the enemy and smash the value and domination of [the US] dollar in their economic life, they would also be saving other countries and would turn into a model for them.”
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution said the reason why enemies are angry with the Iranian nation is because of the Islamic Republic’s inspiring nature, adding, "Despite massive pressures, sanctions and threats, the movement of the Iranian nation has become more transparent and courageous on a daily basis and the pure and blessed sapling of the Islamic Revolution has become more robust day by day.”
Referring to the effort made by propaganda apparatuses that are controlled by Zionists in order to cover these brilliant realities, Ayatollah Khamenei said the warm welcome given to Iranian officials by people in some foreign trips was another reason that the Iranian nation has turned into a role model. The Leader added, "The Islamic Republic is still at the beginning of its way to achieve [its] elevated goals and ideals, but even this degree of movement and show of independence, steadfastness and firm resolve has appealed to the hearts of [other] nations.”
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei also emphasized the need to continue on this illuminated path with strength and getting increasingly ready both materially and spiritually, while pointing out, "The Quran’s lesson for us is that in the face of hostilities, we must show resistance and steadfastness by soliciting help from God, because God and His divine guidance are always with us.”
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution emphasized, "If we maintain our motivation, faith and firm resolve and make correct use of intellect and foresight, we will overcome all-out plans of enemies and unlike what some people think that we are under siege, we will overcome all [our] enemies.”
Ayatollah Khamenei then noted, "I have no concerns about the future and believe that through divine Providence, the country’s future will be much better than its present.”
Prior to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution’s remarks, Hojjatoleslam Ali Saeedi, the Leader’s representative in the IRGC, congratulated the attendees on the occasion of the Ten Days of Imamate and Velayat and described the approach taken by commanders and officials of the IRGC and the Basij force as a continuation of the discourse promoted by Imam Khomeini and the Leader. He then said, "The IRGC will make the best of all its capacities to fulfill its duties and conduct its missions and hoist the civilization-building flag of the Islamic Revolution.”
Also in the ceremony, Major General Mohammad Ali Ja'fari, commander of the IRGC, said, "In order to fulfill its mission, the IRGC focuses on preserving potentialities of the Islamic Revolution, expanding its power across the Islamic world, helping with the realization of the ideals of the revolution, and fighting all symbols of aristocracy, corruption, discrimination and submission to enemies’ demands.”
Major General Ja'fari also noted that promoting spirituality and maintaining the revolutionary spirit at all levels form the basis of the IRGC’s deterrent strategy. Stressing that "we won’t allow America’s wicked plans for infiltration and transformation of the [Islamic] establishment to be realized,” the IRGC commander noted, "Rest assured that the roots and branches of any evil tree, which may want to help infiltration of America’s policies in this country, will be cut off and the Islamic Revolution will be safeguarded in its passage through its third evolutionary stage under the support and guidelines of the Commander in Chief [of the Armed Forces, Ayatollah Khamenei].”
Source: Leader.ir
