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Mashhad, March 3, IRNA -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday warned of threats posed from inside Iran and outside, which were intended to prevent the Islamic Republic from turning into an example for world Muslims.
"The foreign enemy, by posing threats and sabotaging efforts of the Iranian people for economic prosperity, is trying to stop the Islamic system from turning into a pattern for other world Muslims," he told tens of thousands of audience during a Muslim feast in this northeastern religious city in the Khorasan province.
The supreme Leader took a strong swipe at "the grossly impertinent statements" of the US officials against "the great, civilized and brave nation of Iran", branded by President George W. Bush as forming an "axis of evil" along with Iraq and North Korea.
"The American statesmen and intellectuals have been overlooking peaceful rhetoric (of the Islamic Republic). They are now sanctifying war, thus betraying themselves before the public opinion without being aware of that," Ayatollah Khamenei said.
"However, such repeated mistakes will lead to their own fall," he added.
"America is angry at the independence, unity and power of the Iranian nation and will cease its animosity only when the Iranian nation is hit by an internal split and disunity," the leader said.
US' bellicose stance will not affect Iranians' determination and resistance to head toward "brightness and felicity" since they are taking their might from "God, national unity, a civil history and an everlasting Islamic legacy," the leader said.
"Anyone who wants to try their saber against this solid rock, will gain nothing than having their sword broken," Ayatollah Khamenei said.
He cited "laxity, negligence and laziness" as the biggest internal threats to the the Islamic Republic and exhorted officials to strive for the establishment of a genuine Islamic rule as advised by first leader of the Shia Muslims, Imam Ali.
"It requires a devoted struggle, resistance and relentless effort to set up a government as advised by Imam Ali," the leader said.
Ayatollah Khamenei stressed Iranian leaders' firm determination to confront the much-hyped economic corruption, best featured in the trial of a young businessman accused of misappropriating state funds and bribing some officials.
"The resolve of the high-ranking officials against the economic corruption indicates that the corruption is not as much widespread as claimed by the enemies. Rather, it is an imposed and chronic phenomenon with which the Islamic system is fighting seriously," the leader said.
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