The statements at the mausoleum of Imam Khamenei in southern Tehran suburbs on Wednesday come as Iran is marking the 36th anniversary of the passing of the founder of the Islamic Republic.
“The leader of our revolution is a great man whose presence in the world is still tangible after thirty-odd years since his passing, and the impact of his revolution is clearly visible to people around the world,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.
“The sharp decline in America's position in the world is due to his presence, and hatred of Zionists is due to his revolution,” he added.
Ayatollah Khamenei touched on “a movement towards aversion to Western values” in the world, saying it is rooted in the revolution created by Imam Khomeini.
“The Islamic Revolution of Iran surprised the Western world. They did not think that a single cleric, without equipment and financial resources, could lead a nation into battle,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.
“They did not believe that this revolution and this Imam would be able to sweep away the Americans and the Zionists, who had dominated everything in Iran for years, and would be able to expel them from the country."
Ayatollah Khamenei touched on all types of conspiracies against the Islamic Revolution which, he said, have no precedent in any of the known revolutions in the world.
He said the Islamic Republic has withstood all conspiracies, designs, and hostilities.
“Perhaps if we count, more than a thousand conspiracies were thwarted by the Islamic Republic, and some were also responded,” the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said.
Press TV