Iran’s Enemies Seek to Create Insecurity, Sedition: Ayatollah Khamenei

Speaking at Imam Hussein AS University in Tehran on Wednesday at the graduation ceremony of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) cadets, Ayatollah Khamenei said “the short-term goal pursued by the enemy is to disrupt security and cause sedition in the country.”
 
Iran’s Supreme Leader explained that “The main goal is to destroy the Islamic Republic’s great source of pride. We have managed to create a safe haven in a region filled with unrests and a world of full of tension; they want to take this away from the nation. If we prepare ourselves to combat the plots creating insecurity and sedition, we can certainly nullify them.”
 
The Grand Ayatollah further stated “The enemy’s mid-term goal is targeting issues like that of the economy and living conditions of the people; it is to make the economy stagnant and lagging; employment and production remain at a low rate and spread as a calamity throughout the country; so that the people will lose hope in the Islamic Republic over economic problems.”
 
Long-term goals of the enemy
 
Ayatollah Khamenei indicated the main long-term goal of the enemy as a regime change effort, saying “At one time they used to openly say that the Islamic Republic should be destroyed, later they realized they cannot as this would put an end to their detriment; so, they normalized it and called for the Islamic Republic’s change in behavior. I told the officials then that bear in mind their call for a change of behavior is no different from changing the system! Changing behavior means that we should distance from the path of Islam, the revolution and Imam Khomeini, a path we have been walking on and gradually moving on to the other side. Changing behavior means changing the Islamic establishment.”
 
Economy should be a priority
 
Referring to the upcoming May 19th presidential elections in Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei pointed out that, "I advise the candidates to make sure they observe these points in their campaign promises. One is economy; they should certainly pay attention and firmly declare that they desire to make efforts to improve the economy of the country; and that the livelihood of the people is a number one priority. The second point is that they should demonstrate in their campaign promises and remarks that the concern is ‘national glory and independence of the Iranian nation’. The Iranian nation is a revolutionary nation. The glory of the nation must be protected. The third point is national security and national peace; they should avoid triggering belief, geographical, lingual or ethnic differences; they should be careful. The candidates should be careful that by a detection error, they won’t trigger these difference to the benefit of the enemy.”
 
The Leader of the Revolution warned that if anyone wants to take measures against the country’s security, he or she will certainly face a harsh response and held “The vicious Zionist-American multi-billionaire who said, ‘I can create rummage in Georgia with 10 million dollars,' was stupid enough to consider influencing the Islamic Republic—with such grandeur—in 2009. They hit themselves into a firm and strong wall of national willpower and determination. It is the same today.”
 
Security important
 
Ayatollah Khamenei finally concluded that "The security of the country should be fully protected during the elections. Anyone who violates this, should know he will certainly be punished!"
 
Ayatollah Khamenei stressed that, "The elections can be the source of grace and dignity for the country or the source of weakness and debility, causing problems for the country. If the people participate, orderly, in the election, if they move on ethically observing the Islamic borderlines and laws, it will bring about the glory of the Islamic Republic. But if they break the rules or cause misconduct, if they please the enemies with their words, the elections will end to our detriment."