Leader: Imbecile US officials repeating failed policies

Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on the occasion of the blessed birthday of the Chief of Martyrs, Imam Husain (AS) on the 3rd of Sha’ban which is marked in Iran as Day of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), lauded the selfless services of this highly efficient humanitarian organization in defence of the nation and aspirations of the freedom loving people of the region in their campaign against international terrorism.

In his address to a gathering of IRGC commanders and their families in Tehran on April 8, he dismissed as a futile bid the labelling of the IRGC as ‘terrorist’ by the frustrated terrorist-supporting regime of Donald Trump, and pointed out that the US officials having lost their senses are nothing but a bunch of imbeciles, who keep repeating their failed policies.

The Leader started his speech with expression of gratitude to God the All-Glorious for His infinite blessings, and saluted the Almighty’s Last and Greatest Messenger to all mankind, Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny). After enumerating the merits of the Immortal Martyr of Karbala and his Great Sacrifice in salvaging humanitarian values, he greeted the Prophet’s 12^th and Last Infallible Heir, Imam Mahdi (AS), whose reappearance the believers are expecting for the end of oppression and corruption and establishment of the global government of peace, prosperity and justice.  

He welcomed the audience as the brightness of the eyes of the nation, and hailed the IRGC as “country’s extensive, multi-functional and outstanding organization.

He noted that “When it comes to confronting the enemy in political terms, the IRGC is on the frontlines. When it comes to confronting the enemy in practical, military and operational arenas, the IRGC is also on the frontlines. God forbid, if the enemy were to transgress our borders and enter our streets, the IRGC is again on the frontlines. And if the enemy raises its ugly head several thousand kilometers away – in Damascus around the holy shrine of the Prophet’s granddaughter Hazrat Zainab’s (peace upon her) – the IRGC is present on those frontlines as well,”

“That is why you witness what antics the US indulges in against the IRGC! Of course, their efforts will be of no avail. They foolishly think that they are hatching plots against the IRGC and the country, but the Holy Qur’an says: “Those who defy Allah are themselves the target of the plot”.

While elaborating this point, Ayatollah Khamenei said: “He who is deceived thinks he is moving towards the pinnacle, while in fact he is descending into the abyss of failure because of his arrogance and intransigence in trying to defy Almighty Allah.”

“In others words, Trump, the devils, the malicious characters and the fools forming the ruling system of the US, they are such persons. They think they are advancing, but they are repeating the past 40-year failures with complete foolishness. Well during that time, you exerted political and economic pressures, you started a comprehensive propaganda campaign, you launched military and security attacks, you strengthened the Zionist regime, all with the purpose of destroying the Islamic Republic, but did you succeed?”

The Leader pointed out: “One day, the Islamic Republic was a system without an economy and army and without any military and diplomatic resources. It did not know what to do because we were not yet experienced and we were only beginning our experiences. But even on that day, you could not do a damn thing against us, while today, the Islamic Republic has everything at its disposal!

“You should not look at the high price of such and such goods and products (in Iran). Well, such things happen. Part of it stems from negligence, part of it comes from inexperience and part of it is a result of the enemy’s malevolence. That is why you see all of a sudden that the price of meat – for example – goes up.

“These are incidents, but the great movement of the Revolution, the great movement of the Islamic Republic, the influence of the Islamic Republic in the region and in the whole world, and the fact that the US, despite all its glamour, claims it wants to stand against the Islamic Republic. Of course, they have stood against us, but they have not managed to do a damn thing – show that the method adopted by the US in the past 40 years, is a failed method. However, these imbeciles continue to adopt this stale method.

“When we describe them as imbeciles, idiots, fools, rogues and other such descriptions, this does not solve any problem. The problem will be solved only when we know what we want to do, when we move on the path that we have chosen in the true sense of the word and when we identify our status, role and influence and then move forward.

“We wish to create a system and a society based on divine rules. In this system, there is both worldly and otherworldly happiness, money, dignity, material power, dominance over all the important regions in the world, spirituality and attention. This is while others achieve dominance through atomic bombs. In other words, by committing crimes. However, the Islamic Republic has declared that atomic bombs are haraam (religiously forbidden). These fools constantly speak about atomic bombs. Before they said it, we ourselves announced that we did not want it because it is against our religious and legal principles. Our dominance is of a different kind! Is the power that the Islamic Republic has achieved today because of atomic bombs? Is it because of nuclear enrichment? Not at all! There are other factors involved.”

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution said: “The world of Islam holds the Iranian nation in respect because of its sacrifice, resistance and insight. When we speak about insight, well we are an 80 million-plus nation. Out of this population, some are children and teenagers and they are not involved in such matters. And there are some people who are opposed to our path. However insight means that there is a group of people in the country who attain such necessary heights and who have stood by this path. This is the meaning of the Iranian nation’s resistance. When you see someone write a load of nonsense in a newspaper or speak against our principles or when you see such and such a social media channel promote a falsehood, these do not determine the Iranian nation’s path. What determines the Iranian nation’s path is this main orientation which is moving forward and which will continue to move forward on a daily basis.

“This is our path and you play a part in it. You play an important part in it. The entire Islamic Revolution Guards Corps plays a part in it. The different divisions of the IRGC have each certain roles to play. Executive organizations and other military divisions each have certain roles. All of us should know what our role is. I should identify my role and act on it in the true sense of the word, and not for the sake of gaining people’s approval, rather for the sake of God: “Our Lord, forgive us our sins and anything we may have done that transgressed our duty” [The Holy Qur’an, 3: 157].

“We should strengthen our relationship with God. It were the Saints of God who opened this path. It was Imam Khomeini who opened this path. He was a righteous servant of God in the true sense of the term. He was a leader. He was like this. He believed in God’s cause. The truths of religion were absolutely clear to his heart. He had entrusted his heart to the cause and so he moved forward with that spirit.”

“The day when there was no trace of such things, when there was no considerable population and no elected government and when everything was in the hands of the enemies and the evil (Pahlavi) regime, he turned to the head of the evil regime [the Shah] – the source of all evil – and he chastised and reprimanded him. He said some very harsh things to him. His issue was the issue of God. This path will continue in the same fashion. I hope that the youth will find their roles. Insha Allah (God Willing) the teenagers will prepare themselves, God willing. Hopefully, by Allah’s favor, parents will prepare the youth and the teenagers for the future and that everyone stays on the straight path.

“O God, keep us on the straight path, and raise the status of our magnanimous Late Imam. Gather the pure souls of the martyrs in the highest and best spiritual positions in paradise, and enable us to join them.”

AS/ME