Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei told :Irantook a large boost from the robust defense of the nation and the Armed Forcesduring the 8yearsSacred Defense "The Islamic System even at time when it was enduring animposed military aggression by Saddam and his supporters never considered toinvade or occupy any other country" .

"The aggressive policies of the worlddomineering powers must ring alarm bells for all nations that they must boosttheir internal structure and acquire necessary preparations" AyatollahKhamenei said that the enemies would not dare attack the great Iranian nation "Everyone has realized that the enemies of the Iranian nation could not dare attackthe great Iranian nation because they know they would enter a field which isimpossible to leave" Ayatollah Khamenei then made mention of the invasionof Iraq and Afghanistan by the US aggressors saying that the occupiers arrivedin Iraq carrying message of security and freedom but the Iraqi people haveendured an otherwise situation " The Iraqi people have endured the worstand most insecure conditions in their life span because the identity of thesuperpowers is rooted in impiety occupation and insecurity" Ayatollah Khameneisaid adding that the Islamic System has tracked the pitfall and thereby hasadopted its current firm stance towards the superpower 2008/05/0 1

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