Tehran, YJC. The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran ayatollah Ali Khamenei has inaugurated the 8th graduation ceremony of Imam Ali military university.
"Iran’s
armed forces have proven their capabilities; the world now respects them and knows
well that in the field of actual war, they spare no single soldier and will act
with their best possible performance,” stated the Leader, according to Mehr
news agency.
Ayatollah
Khamenei said that armed forces provided the ‘pillars of hegemony’ of any
country; "the source and cause of real prestige in armed forces is piousness
and a sense of responsibility along with well-equipped and trained human force
with advanced technologies and capabilities of the day,” he emphasized.
"Today,
the world is thirsty of the emancipating messages of the true Islam; however,
the devilish hegemonic powers have waged an orchestrated attempt to block these
messages from reaching to the uninformed public of the world through politics,
militarism and all other means possible; but this call has been heard, the fact
that is indicated by the ever-increasing fears of the imperialistic powers [of
the message],” the Leader addressed the ceremony.
Ayatollah
Khamenei stated that focus should be made on the issues of spiritual strength
and motivation; "A large number of trained and well-equipped human forces would
not bring power and prestige to armed forces without company of spiritual
motivations, and the true understanding of their responsibilities should govern
policies and orientations,” he asserted.
Pointing to honors much-deserved by Imam Ali University of Armed
Officers student-martyrs; ayatollah Khamenei said "Let you prepare well for promoting the status of the armed
forces as one of the pillars of country’s power in this bountiful complex; and
as young innovative scientists, who would present the phenomena of knowledge,
catapult the countries armed forces to the pinnacles of power,” he addressed
the graduate student-officers present in the field.
"Today,
the world is in need of the Islamic message of Iranian nation more than ever;
the world’s bullying powers have resorted to every means to show Islam as an
object of fright in the eyes of the world public, since they [hegemonic powers]
would fear their vested interests,” the Leader noted, giving examples of the
fear as manifest in mass murdering of the innocent people by the mercenaries of
the hegemonic powers and their allies elsewhere around the world.
"The generation
before you presented the true Islam and its message to the world in the arena
of politics; this time you are the true heirs to this legacy of the most worthy
men to continue their mission,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.