Enemies of Islam are exploiting religion and morality: Leader

TEHRAN, June 27 (MNA) -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says that the enemies of Islam are exploiting religion and morality.

It is essential that efforts are made to enlighten public opinion and maintain vigilance in Iranian society and the Islamic world because the enemies of Islam are exploiting religion and morality as their tools, Ayatollah Khamenei stated in a speech to a large gathering of people commemorating the birth anniversary of Imam Ali (AS) in Tehran on Saturday.

When they seek to deceive the non-Muslims, the arrogant powers make use of issues such as human rights and democracy, and when they are trying to influence Muslim public opinion, they exploit Islam and the Quran, the Leader noted.

He said that the Iranian nation has always been vigilant, adding that countless problems of the country have been resolved thanks to the awareness of the people.

The Leader also stated that determination, firmness, solidarity, and faith should be consolidated in the nation in order to overcome the enemies.

“With God’s grace, the Iranian youths will see a day when the arrogant enemies will feel they no longer have the ability to bully the Iranian nation,” Ayatollah Khamenei added.

“The era of the hegemonistic powers freely threatening other nations is over. The Iranian nation is now recognized as a powerful nation in the world,” he said.

He went on to say that the powers of global arrogance, and above all the United States, have been disgraced in the eyes of the international community.

They are no longer able to prevent Iran from pursuing the path it has chosen, the Leader observed.