IRGC Official: Islamic Awakening in Region Inspired by Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- A top official of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) described Iran as the origin and the main source of inspiration for the growing tide of Islamic awakening in the region and the world.
"Today, we are witnessing an Islamic awakening in the region that is expanding throughout the world and the Islamic Iran is the source of this great change and awakening," IRGC Politburo Chief General Yadollah Javani said, addressing a group of IRGC staff and personnel on Sunday.

Tunisia saw the overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in a popular revolution in January, which was soon followed by a revolution which toppled Hosni Mubarak in Egypt in February.

Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Yemen have since been the scene of protests against their totalitarian rulers, who have resorted to brutal crackdown on demonstrations to silence their critics.

Bahrain and Yemen, however, have experienced the deadliest clashes, while in Bahrain the military intervention of the Saudi-led forces from the neighboring Arab states has further fueled the crisis in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.

Earlier, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei had also underscored the profound and vast influence of Iran's Islamic Revolution on the growing waves of Islamic awakening in the region, and voiced confidence about the desirable outcomes of the current popular uprisings.

"Thanks to Islam and Islamic Revolution, a public Islamic awakening has happened in the region today, which will definitely yield its results as it has already yielded (some of) its results in certain points," Ayatollah Khamenei said, addressing a group of Iranian people here in Tehran in April.

"The more the people's determination, faith and readiness for sacrifice grow, the higher the chances of victory will be," the Leader continued.