Leader calls for preparedness of Armed Forces to defend country
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, Sept 28, IRNA -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called for preparedness of the armed forces to play their role in case of necessity.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks during a visit to Shahid Sattari Aviation Science Academy affiliated to the Iranian Army Air Force.
'Today, the Iranian nation is faced with a wide range of enemies for its insistence on Islam, independence, its high values and belief in the rule of divine religion,' the Supreme Leader said.
The Supreme Leader honored the memory of martyrs of the eight-year US-backed Iraqi imposed war on Iran, saying that the Sacred Defense was a difficult test for the Iranian Army.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that the eight-year war was actually an international war imposed on Iran and that the big powers encouraged the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to invade Iran, identity, values, the Islamic Republic and the Islamic Revolution.
The Supreme Leader said that in the war time, the Iranian nation and the Armed forces could overcome all the world powers through reliance on God and resistance to the bullying powers.
'Your previous generation was such an honorable generation and now you, the young people have replaced them.'
The Supreme Leader forecast bright prospects for the young population of the country.
'God willing, the future of the country will be much better and brighter than what it is today,' Ayatollah Khamenei said.
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