Cognizant of Iran’s prowess, enemies resorting to soft war: Leader
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the country’s enemies have waged a soft war against the Islamic Republic as they are cognizant of Iran’s “excellent” capabilities in countering harsh threats.
Addressing a group of people from the East Azerbaijan Province on Monday, Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the massive turnout in the 46th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution on February 10, saying that, “The massive march of the nation on February 10th showed that the enemy’s soft threats have been ineffective against this country and this nation.”
“Soft threats mean manipulating the public opinion; it means creating division; it means creating doubt in the fundamental principles of the Islamic Revolution; it means creating doubt about steadfastness against the enemy. They are doing this.” he said.
“By God’s grace [however], they have not succeeded until today; until today, the enemy’s temptations have not been able to shake the hearts of our people or deter our youths from their resolve and moving [forward],” the Leader added.
Ayatollah Khamenei advised the people functioning within the country’s media industry, including broadcast apparatuses, authors, knowledgeable figures, cyberspace specialists, and authorities serving the education, science, and arts sectors across the nation as well as the country’s youths to “focus their efforts on confronting the enemy’s soft threats.”
He commended the country’s sufficient capability to fend off the enemies’ “hard threats,” noting, “Today, we have no concerns or issues regarding hard defense and the enemy’s hard threats.”
“Our ability to counter hard threats is at an excellent level, and the people feel secure in this regard.”
Elsewhere during the speech, the Leader acknowledged that the Iranian people had some legitimate problems and expectations.
The predicaments, though, do not prevent the people from defending their Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei underlined.
Ayatollah Khamenei, meanwhile, identified “the reason for the anger of the [world’s] arrogant powers and colonialists towards the Islamic Republic” as “the steadfastness and resistance of the Iranian people.”
He was pointing to the nation’s unfaltering march towards the country’s betterment and welfare in the face of illegal economic sanctions and mounting political pressure by the US and its allies.