Supreme Leader: Evils will surely come to an end

Tehran, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei underlined that the evils pursued by the recent riots are doomed to failure and they will undoubtedly come to an end as the people are vigilant and informed about the developments taking place around them. The Supreme Leader made the remarks in a meeting in Tehran on Saturday with people of different strata from the central Iranian province of Isfahan. The Supreme Leader received a group of people from the central province on the occasion of the Day of Isfahan on November 16. Referring to the recent unrest and terrorist activities across Iran, the Supreme Leader said that these incidents, crimes, and sabotages create problems for people and businesses, but the people in the scene and behind the scenes of these evils are less inferior to be able to harm the Islamic system. The evils will be undoubtedly finished, and the Iranian nation will continue to move forward in the path of progress with more strength and a fresher spirit, Ayatollah Khamenei noted. Isfahan Day marks November 1982, the funeral ceremony of 370 martyrs of the Iraqi-imposed war against Iran (1980-88). During the Iraqi war against Iran, the Iranian people could achieve a shining victory while the people and the country were not equipped as well as Iraq, the Supreme Leader underlined. All the world was on one side, and the Islamic Republic was on the other side, the Leader added. Ayatollah Khamenei went on to say that the Islamic Republic’s progress voids the ideology of liberal democracy and this is the problem the global arrogance has with the Islamic Republic. Through such an ideology, the Westerners could despoil the world for over two centuries, he noted, stressing that they stole resources of other countries under the pretext of establishment of democracy. And now, the Islamic Republic is the one that invalidates their ideology of liberal democracy, the Supreme Leader underlined. The Supreme Leader added that enmity with Islam, and setting the holy Quran, mosques, and the Iranian flag on fire, as well as disrespect of the national flag unmasked the real image of the scene managers of these unrests. Ayatollah Khamenei also touched upon the way the Islamic system will deal with those involved in these unrests and said that the scene managers, those deceived, those behind the crimes, and those who have received money for these crimes have to be distinguished. Noting that everyone has to be punished compatible with his role in the unrests and crimes, the Supreme Leader however noted that this punishment would be decided on by the country’s Judiciary and no one is entitled to act self-decidedly. Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish