RNA - "Given the unending hostilities of enemies towards the Islamic Republic and nation, confrontation against these antagonism depends on resistance and growing reinforcement of the Armed Forces' capabilities," Ayatollah Khamenei said, addressing the Iranian commanders in Tehran on Sunday.
He also underscored the need for the Armed Forces to hire the best human resources to be able to keep the nation's invulnerability against enemies.
In relevant remarks in 2016, Ayatollah Khamenei underlined that enemies never dare to launch a military attack against Iran, otherwise, they will face the Iranian Armed Forces' crushing response.
"Sometimes, they threaten us with war and bombing, but these statements are nonsense overstatement since they aren’t prepared and don’t dare to do so and if, possibly, they embark on such an act, they will receive a slap in the face and a crushing response," the Leader said, addressing members of Iranian Students' Islamic Association in Tehran.
He, meantime, warned of enemies' soft war against Iran, and said, "Now a comprehensive and creeping soft war is underway on the youth between the Islamic Republic of Iran on one hand and the US, the Zionists and their followers on the other hand."
Ayatollah Khamenei described Iran's progress, independence and its powerful presence in West Asia and the world, the Palestinian issue, the issue of resistance and the Iranian-Islamic lifestyle as the main issues on which Iran and the arrogant powers, headed by the US and Zionism, are in conflict.
He also underlined the necessity for continued progress in different scientific and technological fields, and said, "If we make concessions to the arrogant powers, they will certainly raise their opposition to biotechnology, nanotechnology and other sensitive scientific fields because they are opposed to any scientific, economic and civilization progress of the Islamic Republic of Iran."
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