TEHRAN (Iran News) –The Islamic Republic of Iran in his around four decades of its life has turned into a strong power as the Supreme Leader has said the country is now a strong tree whose uproot is impossible by its enemies and the country is turning into a regional and even global power in a way that it does not fear from any bullies from the hostile countries and it is ready to give due responses to any bully and threat powerfully.
On Friday, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in meeting with the 36th International Islamic Unity Conference participants hailed Iran’s progress and achievements and called it a strong tree that cannot be uprooted by no one.
“The powers had differences in tens of issues but they were united in one thing: opposing the Islamic Republic,” he said, adding, “They imagined that they could uproot this seedling [but] this seedling has now turned into a mighty tree.”
The Leader said the unipolar world order in which one or two states impose their will on other countries is no longer accepted. “The political map of the world is changing,” Ayatollah Khamenei added.
The issue of being in a unipolar world where “one or two countries forcing other states and nations has lost its legitimacy,” he said, adding, “Nations have been awakened. The unipolar world order is no longer accepted and is gradually losing its legitimacy.”
In a unipolar system, he maintained, arrogant powers such as the US, would design their own schemes and dictate them to other countries such as Iraq, Syria, Iran, or Lebanon.
The people of the world are awakening to the truth of those powers and are opposed to one or two states bullying others into obedience, he said.
The leader also urged Muslim nations to be united against the world arrogant bullies and said that Islamic unity means being united in safeguarding the interests of the Islamic Ummah across the world.
“Unity means being united in protecting the interests of the Islamic Ummah (community),” he said.
It also does not mean geographical unity, he maintained, as some Arab countries tried to get united in the 1960s and 1970s. “This is impossible.”
“We should first detect the interests of the Muslim Ummah. Then, nations should come to an agreement on that and see what the Ummah needs at the time; [they should see] to whom they should be foes, [and] with whom friends, and how they should engage in friendship.”
Unity means implementing “joint actions against the plots of the Arrogance,” he added.
As the Supreme Leader mentioned, the main problem of the Muslim nations is their lack of unity and existing rift which helps enemies and especially the West to take advantage of it. Muslim nations can pursue the path of Iran’s progress and achievements in order to become a real power in their regions or in the world.
“Islamic unity, peace and avoiding division and conflict within the Islamic world” had been named as the main theme of this year’s Islamic Unity Conference.
The Muslim Ummah can attain a “high position” in the new world which is gradually being shaped, he said, adding that the Muslim world can become a “role model” and a “pioneer.”
However, the Leader continued, the only condition for realizing this is to have unity and overcome the temptations of enemies, especially the U.S. and Israel.
“Unity among Islamic nations is possible but it needs efforts,” he said, adding, most hope on this issue is pinned on elites and thinkers of the Muslim world as they can guide the public opinion toward the issue. “If the public opinion is formed in a country, the administrative policies of that country will forcibly move in that direction.”
Ayatollah Khamenei went on to note that the Islamic Republic stood against two major powers of the time, namely the US and the Soviet Union.
“The powers had differences in tens of issues but they were united in one thing: opposing the Islamic Republic,” he said, adding, “They imagined that they could uproot this seedling [but] this seedling has now turned into a mighty tree.”
“They are damn wrong in thinking that they can uproot it,” he said.
Further expanding on unity, Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized that differences in religious schools of thought, i.e. Sunni or Shia, should not lead to strife or discord among people, noting that American and British politicians, who are anti-Islam and are neither good towards Shias nor towards Sunnis “have brought the ‘Shia-Sunni’ debates into their circles, and this matter is really dangerous.”
Enemies of the Muslim nations always try to sow the seed of rift and hatred among the Muslims and this is what the Muslims should avoid it if they want to witness progress and prosperity otherwise the enemies will succeed in spreading poverty and ignorance among the Muslim nations to loot their wealth.
Elsewhere in his address, Ayatollah Khamenei pointed to the Palestinian issue and normalization of ties between some Arab countries and the Israeli regime.
Enemies planted the “rotten seed of a cancerous cell in the region, namely the Zionist regime” to act as a base for Islam’s enemies.
Following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the leader said, “They needed to have a base in the region so as to be able to constantly engage in occupation and not allow the realization of lofty goals.”
He also pointed to the ongoing efforts to press ahead with the infamous normalization deals, saying, “Now they are working to remove the title of the enemy from this detrimental body and grown cancerous cell so that it can sow more division among regional countries … these normalizations are among the biggest betrayals that are being made against Islam and Muslims.”
So the Muslim nations are recommended to use the Islamic Republic as their role model for progress and achievement and above all the power of their countries otherwise enemies will continue their dictation on them for looting them.
