Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei told a large gathering of university students in Qom city Tuesday that enemies have definitely been maintaining a long term plan against Islam and the Islamic Revolution, adding that there are evidence several political upheavals in the country in the past, including those of 1999 and 2009, were outcomes of such long term projects.
Ayatollah Khamenei noted that the 2009 post-elections incidents helped the enemy to refurbish its projects and that the enemy had apparently taken each and every necessary precaution when it came to deal with the political sedition so as to meet its malicious goals however in God's favor, they lost to a vigilant, stand-by nation.
Ayatollah Khamenei said the world bullies appear to never get frustrated unlike their back to back defeats and for the same reason the Islamic establishment and the Iranian nation should put a long term strategic master plan in place to counter their ploys.
The IR Leader added that acquisition of religious and political insight would be the part and parcel of any such strategic planning, adding that religious insight would be acquired thorough a monotheistic view of the world under which the world embodies a purposeful system and human is supposed to live a purposeful life.
"Through the monotheistic view, life becomes gracious and meaningful while frustration turns pale knowing the fact that God would award any act of human being," Ayatollah Khamenei said.
"In contrast, the materialistic view of the world leads up to a loss of substantial purposes in human life as it defines life as accomplishment of joy or personal benefits and thereby triggers frustration in those who fail to get such aims," the IR Leader added.
As for political insight, Ayatollah Khamenei invoked several quotes from Nahj al-Bilaqa, the renowned quotes book of Imam Ali (A.S.) and said that by political insight, it was meant to get an accurate grasp of political developments and appraise them in a precise manner.
Ayatollah Khamenei then recounted the Siffin incident in 657 when Muawiya ordered his soldiers to fix copies of Koran on the points of their lances in a successful trick to fool the army of Imam Ali (A.S.). "In that incident, some failed to grasp the realities on the ground and closed their eyes to crystal clear truths," Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The IR Leader made a parallel between the seventh century incident and the last year's post election upheavals, saying that in the latter, some individuals mistakenly and in absence of political insight claimed a fraud.
"They were required to provide evidence and pursue their claim though a lawful way but they failed. Even after an extension of legal deadline for election complaints and an overture call on the complainants to send their delegates to watch over a recount of votes, they refused to follow the path of law and helped make it clear they are in breach of law," Ayatollah Khamenei regretted.
Ayatollah Khamenei noted that it was not difficult to judge their conduct and that anyone who contravenes the law or the national interests shall be condemned if fairly judged.
Ayatollah Khamenei then warned about an enemy project to blacken the country's atmosphere and distort realities concerning the country's progressive development, adding that the Iranian youths are supposed to get a precise grasp of realities and furnish their surrounding with a neat political insight into the developments.
Ayatollah Khamenei then said the enemy applied complex methods to mislead the masses, including by a tailored blend of true and false information "which is regrettably duplicated inside the country by some individuals, either knowingly or inadvertently."
Ayatollah Khamenei noted however that sometimes some individuals might know the realities but fail to point them out due to a lack of will on their part which might be bred by one of carnal desires, personal interests, stubbornness or pursuit of convenience.
The IR Leader in the same regard added that some individuals who at present run afar from the path of Islamic Revolution and serve anti-revolutionists were once radical revolutionists however they suffered the turnaround due to ignorance of God and negligence of duty.
He also urged the revolutionary youths to distinguish between dissidents and those suffering from such negligence.
Ayatollah Khamenei then lauded the youths of Qom province for their sophisticated treatment of a smart enemy scheme early in the 1979 revolution where the enemy sought to process an antithesis out of the Qom city, the very hub of revolution, so as to present it as an anti-revolution center but failed after the youths got an accurate analysis of the situation.
"The enemy replicated the scheme once more in Qom after the demise of Imam Khomeini but to no avail, again due to vigilance of the youths," Ayatollah Khamenei appreciated.
Ayatollah Khamenei then turned to a discussion of tragic outcomes of the western approach to human life, saying that those who once claimed they sought to bring welfare and calm to human have abused and abuse their technologically-driven power and wealth to commit such crimes historically rare.
"The realities on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan show that the western domineering powers are actually enemy of human being," the IR Leader added.
The Iranian nation however seeks to tread an otherwise path, Ayatollah Khamenei said, adding that the nation would keep on the blessed path until it accomplishes all the objectives of Islam and Islamic Revolution.
Ayatollah Khamenei noted that the 2009 post-elections incidents helped the enemy to refurbish its projects and that the enemy had apparently taken each and every necessary precaution when it came to deal with the political sedition so as to meet its malicious goals however in God's favor, they lost to a vigilant, stand-by nation.
Ayatollah Khamenei said the world bullies appear to never get frustrated unlike their back to back defeats and for the same reason the Islamic establishment and the Iranian nation should put a long term strategic master plan in place to counter their ploys.
The IR Leader added that acquisition of religious and political insight would be the part and parcel of any such strategic planning, adding that religious insight would be acquired thorough a monotheistic view of the world under which the world embodies a purposeful system and human is supposed to live a purposeful life.
"Through the monotheistic view, life becomes gracious and meaningful while frustration turns pale knowing the fact that God would award any act of human being," Ayatollah Khamenei said.
"In contrast, the materialistic view of the world leads up to a loss of substantial purposes in human life as it defines life as accomplishment of joy or personal benefits and thereby triggers frustration in those who fail to get such aims," the IR Leader added.
As for political insight, Ayatollah Khamenei invoked several quotes from Nahj al-Bilaqa, the renowned quotes book of Imam Ali (A.S.) and said that by political insight, it was meant to get an accurate grasp of political developments and appraise them in a precise manner.
Ayatollah Khamenei then recounted the Siffin incident in 657 when Muawiya ordered his soldiers to fix copies of Koran on the points of their lances in a successful trick to fool the army of Imam Ali (A.S.). "In that incident, some failed to grasp the realities on the ground and closed their eyes to crystal clear truths," Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The IR Leader made a parallel between the seventh century incident and the last year's post election upheavals, saying that in the latter, some individuals mistakenly and in absence of political insight claimed a fraud.
"They were required to provide evidence and pursue their claim though a lawful way but they failed. Even after an extension of legal deadline for election complaints and an overture call on the complainants to send their delegates to watch over a recount of votes, they refused to follow the path of law and helped make it clear they are in breach of law," Ayatollah Khamenei regretted.
Ayatollah Khamenei noted that it was not difficult to judge their conduct and that anyone who contravenes the law or the national interests shall be condemned if fairly judged.
Ayatollah Khamenei then warned about an enemy project to blacken the country's atmosphere and distort realities concerning the country's progressive development, adding that the Iranian youths are supposed to get a precise grasp of realities and furnish their surrounding with a neat political insight into the developments.
Ayatollah Khamenei then said the enemy applied complex methods to mislead the masses, including by a tailored blend of true and false information "which is regrettably duplicated inside the country by some individuals, either knowingly or inadvertently."
Ayatollah Khamenei noted however that sometimes some individuals might know the realities but fail to point them out due to a lack of will on their part which might be bred by one of carnal desires, personal interests, stubbornness or pursuit of convenience.
The IR Leader in the same regard added that some individuals who at present run afar from the path of Islamic Revolution and serve anti-revolutionists were once radical revolutionists however they suffered the turnaround due to ignorance of God and negligence of duty.
He also urged the revolutionary youths to distinguish between dissidents and those suffering from such negligence.
Ayatollah Khamenei then lauded the youths of Qom province for their sophisticated treatment of a smart enemy scheme early in the 1979 revolution where the enemy sought to process an antithesis out of the Qom city, the very hub of revolution, so as to present it as an anti-revolution center but failed after the youths got an accurate analysis of the situation.
"The enemy replicated the scheme once more in Qom after the demise of Imam Khomeini but to no avail, again due to vigilance of the youths," Ayatollah Khamenei appreciated.
Ayatollah Khamenei then turned to a discussion of tragic outcomes of the western approach to human life, saying that those who once claimed they sought to bring welfare and calm to human have abused and abuse their technologically-driven power and wealth to commit such crimes historically rare.
"The realities on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan show that the western domineering powers are actually enemy of human being," the IR Leader added.
The Iranian nation however seeks to tread an otherwise path, Ayatollah Khamenei said, adding that the nation would keep on the blessed path until it accomplishes all the objectives of Islam and Islamic Revolution.