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Iran needs multi-faceted preventive strategy: Rowhani

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Jan 14, IRNA
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Iran faces a multi-dimensional threat and so it needs a multi-faceted preventive strategy.

The Supreme Leader's representative to the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Hassan Rowhani, made the remark while attending the commemoration ceremony of several senior commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) who were martyred in a plane crash in northwestern Iran.

"The enemy intends to damage our Islamic and Iranian identity and national confidence by promoting secularism, immorality and arket for the Western cultural goods.

"As for domestic security, the enemy encourages and prepares counterrevolutionary forces and intends to inflict damage on our economy," he warned.

Rowhani added, "Now that that Muslim forces in the Middle East have resisted the global arrogance strongly, the role of the Islamic Republic of Iran cannot be ignored.

"Iran is the only powerful state in the region which plays an effective role but the enemy would not like Iran to play such a role.

"The IRGC have played a very effective role over the past three decades during the post-Islamic Revolution particularly in cultural, political, spiritual and educational fields. It has protected the slamic Revolution against different conspiracies."
He pointed to incidents taking place in the aftermath of September 11 events, occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq by Iran's enemies and other developments in the Middle East, saying, "The role of IRGC, Basij (volunteer forces)and other armed forces should not be ignored."
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also on Saturday attended the commemoration ceremony.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Judiciary Chief Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, former president Mohammad Khatami, cabinet members, MPs, members of the Expediency Council, commanders and personnel of the Armed Forces and families of the martyrs took part in the ceremony held at Martyr Motahhari Mosque.

The IRGC's Ground Forces Commander Ahmad Kazemi was among those martyred in the crash.

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