By NNN-IRNA
Tehran : Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said here Saturday the Islamic Republic is a great period in the history of Iran and the eight years of sacred defence was the brilliant era of elevation of spirituality in Iranian society.
Speaking in a meeting with high ranking officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei said, “For thousands of years, dictatorial regimes ruled this country and small groups of people made decisions for all the nation.
“But now, democracy, in its most transparent form exists in Iran and the elected officials have done great jobs and have resisted the world tyrannical system with support from the whole nation.”
Referring to some accomplishments of the Islamic Republic during the past 28 years, Ayatollah Khamenei said, “The enemies are doing their best to suggest that the Islamic Republic is an inefficient system but there are many facts to prove the opposite and the world arrogance cannot deny these facts.”
“Emergence and expansion of national self confidence in scientific, technological and political fields, revival of the destroyed agriculture in Iran, expanding public services, developing Iran’s pre-revolution primitive industry to today’s complicated nuclear industry, progress in modern industries like nanotechnology, creation and establishment of democracy in its best manifestation, creation of the lively dialogue of return to Islamic identity in the Islamic ummah and the undeniable status of the Islamic Republic of Iran in regional and international affairs” were among the examples the supreme leader cited as different aspects of the efficiency of the Islamic Republic.
Referring to the continuous threats of the the enemies of the Islamic Republic during all the past years after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, The Ayatollah said, “These threats, first of all, make us more ready. Of course, those, who threaten us, should know and understand that attacking Iran in the form of ‘hit and run’ is not possible and any aggressor has to accept the full consequences.”
The Supreme Leader said the enemy aims to frighten people and officials by its threats but the nation and the official have never been afraid of these threats.
“The enemy’s threats show the poverty of the West’s liberal democracy in the fields of thought and logic. The presence of the Islamic Republic in the region and the world is the presence of logic, thought and spiritual motivation but the hegemonic powers, which do not have anything to offer in these fields, have resorted to the language of force. Their behavior is like the behavior of an illiterate and ignorant person who shows his muscles to a learned one,” the Ayatollah said.
On domestic issues, the Ayatollah referred to upcoming parliamentary elections and stressing on the importance of the elections, urged all the officials to act in such a way so that the elections become another means to strengthen ‘national dignity’ and make the enemy lose hope more and more.
Prior to the Supreme Leader’s remarks, President Ahmadinejad reported on his government’s activities during the past year.