Ayatollah Khamenei: Solution to N West Events Is to Prevent Foreign Intervention

The joint graduation ceremony for cadets of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Armed Forces Academies was held on Sunday morning at Imam Hussain (PBUH) University. 

Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Armed Forces Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei attended the ceremony through videoconference. 

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ceremony was held with only a number of the exemplary units from the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army, Guard Corps and Police in attendance.

During the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei said that Iran'sarmed forces are a strong wall and a shield of the country against the hard threats. Today, the country's Armed Forces including the Army, the IRGC, the police, the Basij are literally a defensive shield against the hard threats of external and internal enemies.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Ayatollah Khamenei pointed to the recent differences between the US and Europe and Eu's dependence on the US for its security, saying that Even, some in the union described the US act as a stab in the back and called for security without relying on NATO and the US.

The security of a country is the basic and necessary infrastructure for all activities and progress, he added, saying that it is a great honor for a country to be able to provide its own security with its own capable and powerful forces, and those who, under the illusion of relying on others, think that they can provide security for their own countries, should know that they will be slapped soon.

The Leader went on to say that the presence of foreign armies in our own region, including the US military, is destructive and provocative. Everyone should try to make independent countries and armies that are only dependent on nations and converging with other neighboring and regional armies. This is to the benefit of the region. 

Stressing that the regional armies should maintain the security of the region, he said that foreign armies should not be allowed to interfere in the regional issues.  

He added that the ongoing events between Iran's neighboring countries in the northwest should be settled without foreign interference.