TEHRAN - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the Muslim nations’ uprising against subservient dictators is a prelude to the uprising against the “Zionist, arrogant, corrupt, and evil network of global dictatorship.”   

 

The Leader made the remarks on Monday during a meeting with hundreds of youth from 73 countries, including Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Lebanon, Yemen, Bahrain, and Palestine, who attended the two-day World Conference on Youth and Islamic Awakening, which opened at Tehran’s Milad Tower on Sunday. 

 

Ayatollah Khamenei pointed to the domination of the complicated, dangerous, corrupt, and evil network of the dictatorship of the Zionists and arrogant powers over the world and said, “The uprising of regional nations against subservient dictators is part of humanity’s campaign against the global dictatorship of the Zionists.

 

“And human society will negotiate this sharp historic turn and will be extricated from this dictatorship’s hegemony, and based on the truthful divine promise, this great development will lead to the liberation of nations and the rule of spiritual and divine values.” 

 

He also said that nations’ vigilance and resistance on the ground will pave the way for the realization of divine promises.

 

“In light of the realization of divine promises, the Zionists, the Great Satan the United States, and the Western powers feel weakness in the face of the Islamic Awakening, and this feeling of weakness and defeat is increasing day by day,” he stated. 

 

He went on to say that the current developments in Muslim countries are just the beginning of the path to salvation and prosperity.  

 

“It is important that we do not see the victories achieved as the end of the path and continue the campaign against the global tyrants and their lackeys through continuing to strive and relying on the will of nations and… Almighty God,” he noted.    

 

Elsewhere in his remarks, Ayatollah Khamenei said that the enemies are hatching plots to recoup their losses after the blows they received in the popular uprisings in Muslim countries and advised the youth of the Islamic ummah, as the driving force behind the Islamic Awakening, to remain vigilant and not to allow the global arrogance (forces of imperialism) to highjack their revolutions and misdirect their movements. 

 

It is one of the enemies’ ploys to provoke division in the Islamic ummah, he said, adding that the Islamic Awakening does not belong to any particular sect and the Shias and the Sunnis are united on the scene of the struggle.  

 

In addition, the Leader said that Muslim nations have geographical, historical, and social differences and there is not a single model for all Muslim countries, but it is important that all of them oppose the “evil hegemony of the Zionists and the Americans.”