Tehran, December 29: Iran’s foreign minister says the sweeping wave of Islamic Awakening underway in the Middle East and North Africa indicates the deep-running roots of the 1979 Islamic Revolution of Iran.
“Today, the world is bearing witness [to the fact] that the pure tree planted by the late [founder of the Islamic Republic] Imam [Khomeini] more than 30 years ago in the Islamic country has roots running all over the world,” Ali-Akbar Salehi said on Wednesday in Tehran.
On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution led by late Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Rouhollah Khomeini caused the overthrow of Iran’s monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with the Islamic Republic.
Today, the scent of Islamic Awakening has induced euphoria in the souls of the tormented people of the region and “we are witnessing how the cries of the oppressed people, who are pursuing justice in the farthest parts of the globe, have made the pillars of the world establishment of tyranny and arrogance falter,” he added.
The comments came amid ongoing anti-regime protests in Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
Salehi made the remarks, while paying tribute to late Ayatollah Khomeini during a ceremony at the late Leader’s shrine in southern Tehran.
He also underscored the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s allegiance to the tenets and values of the Islamic Revolution.
——-Agencies