Ayatollah Khamenei: ‘We Should Make Zionist Regime Understand Iran’s Power’

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said here Sunday that Iranian officials should determine how best to demonstrate Iran’s power to Israel after the Zionist regime’s aerial aggression on the Islamic Republic early Saturday.
“The evil committed by the Zionist regime two nights ago should neither be downplayed nor exaggerated,” he said during a meeting with the families of “Martyrs of Security”.
Ayatollah Khamenei underscored the importance of security as a foundational pillar in all aspects of society and everyday life.
“Only a strong Iran can ensure and guarantee the security and progress of the country and its people. Therefore, Iran must become stronger every day in all economic, scientific, political, defense, and managerial dimensions,” he said.
The Leader touched on the Israeli aggression against Iran in the early hours of Saturday, saying “while the usurping regime seeks to magnify these actions for its own specific agenda, it would be equally misguided to play down the incident and dismiss it as insignificant or unimportant”.
Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized the necessity of disrupting the flawed calculations of the Zionist regime regarding Iran.
“They’re making a miscalculation with respect to Iran. They don’t know Iran. They don’t know the Iranian youth. They don’t know the Iranian people. They still haven’t been able to correctly understand the power, capability, ingenuity, and determination of the Iranian people. We need to make them understand these things,” the Leader said.
Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran’s power should be demonstrated to the Zionist regime.
“Of course, our officials should be the ones to assess and precisely apprehend what needs to be done and do whatever is in the best interests of this country and nation. They [the enemy] must be made to realize who the Iranian people are and what the Iranian youth are like.”
The Leader emphasized that the Iranian people’s mindset, motivation, readiness, and courage should be maintained as qualities essential for fostering security.
Outlining the main and essential element of ensuring and maintaining security, her said, “Certain individuals, through a misguided analysis and perception, think that refraining from producing tools that could provoke the arrogant powers, such as missiles, can bring security for Iran.
“However, this false belief and perception is in fact telling our nation and officials to keep the country weak in order to maintain security,” he added.
Ayatollah Khamenei touched on Iran’s occupation during the First and Second World Wars, despite the nation’s official proclamation of neutrality, citing it as the outcome of

misguided policies implemented by incompetent or treacherous and subservient leaders.

“By neglecting the true sources of power, these rulers relegated the Iranian nation to a state of humiliation and weakness, where they were incapable of ensuring their own security.”

Elsewhere in his speech, the Leader condemned the appalling atrocities committed by the Zionist regime in Gaza. He said the martyrdom of 10,000 children and more than 10,000 women is emblematic of the most horrific war crimes.

Ayatollah Khamenei criticized the ineptitude of governments and international organizations, including the United Nations, and their failure to stop the Zionist regime from continuing its atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon.

“War operates within a framework of rules, laws, and limitations. These limitations can’t be just disregarded during war. However, the criminal gang ruling over the occupied territories has trampled all boundaries and rules underfoot,” the Leader said.

Ayatollah Khamenei underscored the imperative for governments, especially in Muslim countries, to counter the criminal Zionist regime and to establish a global coalition against this tyrannical entity.

He said standing against the Zionist regime goes beyond the mere cessation of economic support, adding any “assistance to this usurping authority constitutes one of the gravest and most abhorrent sins.”

“Standing against the usurping regime requires the creation of a global political, economic, and, if necessary, military coalition to confront this evil regime, which perpetrates the most horrific war crimes.”

Ayatollah Khamenei also underlined the significance of psychological security for the Iranian people in the face of soft and hard warfare by the ill-wishers of nations and countries.

“Creating an unsafe psychological environment in society is one aspect of this soft war and everyone has seen how they utilize social media to advance their goals,” the Leader said.

Ayatollah Khamenei paid tribute to the families of the “martyrs of security, telling them to “take pride in your martyrs, for if it weren’t for them and other protectors of our security, numerous problems would have arisen for our country and nation”.

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Ayatollah Khamenei: ‘We Should Make Zionist Regime Understand Iran’s Power’