Firouzabadi: Victory Of Resistance In Syria, Great Lesson For Islamic Countries

Tehran, Aug 25, IRNA – Head of the Joint Chief of Staff Brigadier General Hassan Firouzabadi said here Friday that the victory of resistance forces in Syria is a great lesson for Arab and Islamic countries. Firouzabadi made the comment in a commemoration service on the country's "Government Week", according to the Public Relations of the Headquarters of the Joint Chief of Staff. The Government Week is an occasion for commemoration of such great men as Martyr (Mohammad-Ali) Raja’ie and the martyred Mujahid clergy (Hojjatoleslam Mohammad-Baqer) Bahonar, who were, and still are great models for Islamic Republic of Iran statesmen.” Emphasizing the need for taking full advantage of the behavioral models of martyrs Raja’ie and Bahonar, the high brass army commander said, “The best way to take advantage of that model is being benefited from the logic that we have inherited from them.” He added, “The published books on quotations and lectures by martyrs Raja’ie and Bahonar are very useful for the revolution’s third generation that is preparing itself for accepting responsibilities in our country.” Firouzabadi said, “These logics side by side with the series of books containing a collection of the late Imam Khomeini’s addresses and quotations, Sahife-ye Noor, comprise the foundation for the intellectual development of the third generation of the revolution, and that is how the globally renowned Iranian resistance logic remains alive thanks to these works.” Turning to the Syrian political turmoil, Brigadier General Firouzabadi said, “God bless the Syrian government and nation that have gained an excellent mark in the resistance test thanks to the lesson they had learned from the Islamic Revolution.” He added, “The victory of resistance in Syria is a great lesson for Arab and Islamic countries assisting them in understanding the value of the Islamic resistance helping them to take models of Iran and Syria as two great models for saving the nations, for encountering the global oppression, and for defending their own national-Islamic culture and their independence.” The Head of the Joint Chief of Staff added, “We pray to God for the grandeur and prosperity of the entire world Muslims and all Muslim countries, hoping that the Arab Spring, or the Islamic movement of the nations would be comprehended and assisted so that the independence of countries would be guaranteed.” Firouzabadi added, “In that case while the rights of the nations would be preserved and the national resources of the Islamic and Arabic countries would be safeguarded, the foreigners’ hands would be severed from looting such resources free of charge.” Elsewhere in his address, the top military commander refereed to the services and effective efforts made by the government to the Iranian nation, arguing, “Today after the call made by the dear Supreme Leader Ayatollah (Seyyed Ali) Khamene’ie the servants of the Iranian nation in the government with their full capabilities and energy, have been working day and night and we see the outcome of their effective efforts particularly in serving the oppressed our provincial visits. Firouzabadi also refereed to goal orientation of subsidies, distribution of stock exchange bills among the nation, mass home construction, eye catching achievements in expansion of the country’s roads network and water resources, greater exploitation of mines, and strengthening the country’s armed forces as some of the other services presented by the current government to the country and the nation. The head of the Joint Chief of staff at the end hoped for success of the “service rendering government” in passing successfully through the dam of sanctions, and serving to the very end in the Right Path of the vicegerent of the 12th Imam (Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei). The 'government week' in Iran is marked each year, since 1981, when former Iran's president Mohammad-Ali Raja’ie, Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar were martyred in a bomb explosion at the President’s Office in Tehran. Only a week earlier, in another terrorist bomb explosion at the office of the now dissolved Islamic Republic Party over 70 of the country’s top officials, including Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Beheshti and a large number of Parliament members had been martyred. Traditionally, during the Government Week the serving government at the time presents reports about the services it has offered to the country and the nation and various system officials from the Supreme Leader to the rest serving at managerial posts evaluate, and regularly appreciate the president and his cabinet ministers’ conduct./end