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