TEHRAN - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that the enemy’s divisive plots against Iran will not succeed.

He made the remarks during a cabinet meeting on Sunday.
Ahmadinejad also said that all Iranian citizens must adhere to the principle of velayat-e faqih (rule of the supreme jurisprudent).
According to MP Morteza Aqatehrani, who also attended the cabinet meeting, the president said, “All people should support and follow the velayat-e faqih forever.”
According to the Fars news agency, during the cabinet meeting, President Ahmadinejad thanked Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei for his great support and said that he and the cabinet members have always adhered to the principle of velayat-e faqih.
The president also commented on the enemies’ attempts to suggest that a rift exists between Iranian officials, saying that the Iranian government, like the Iranian people, has always followed the Supreme Leader.
“The enemies should know that their efforts will not yield any result,” he said.
“The global arrogance and the illegitimate Zionist regime should know that the Islamic system’s confrontation with the oppressors will continue,” he added.
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Director Ezatollah Zarghami also attended the cabinet meeting and gave a report on foreign media outlets’ propaganda about the current political situation in the country, saying the enemies are trying to take advantage of the political disagreements to deal a blow to the Islamic Revolution, IRNA reported.
On April 17, Ahmadinejad accepted Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi’s resignation and appointed him as the presidential advisor for intelligence affairs.
But the Leader expressed opposition to the intelligence minister’s decision to resign, and it was decided that Moslehi would retain his post.
Several lawmakers criticized the president’s decision as “hasty and inappropriate in the country’s current situation.”
Later, certain media outlets reported that the president insisted on his decision to accept the intelligence minister’s resignation. But some of the president’s close allies rejected the reports and said that the president has always obeyed the Leader’s orders.
Certain foreign media outlets created a commotion about the issue and claimed that a rift has opened up between the Iranian president and the Leadership, but Ahmadinejad’s remarks on Sunday showed that this is not the case.
The president attended the cabinet meeting on Sunday after he was absent from the two previous cabinet sessions.
However, Moslehi did not attend Sunday’s session of the cabinet because he was in Qom for an important meeting.