Tehran Friday Prayer Leader:‎

United States, allies only know language of force

Hujjat al-Islam Aboutorabifard blasted Washington and Tel Aviv for meddling in other ‎countries’ affairs and creating chaotic situation in the region.‎

News ID: 447572

Date: 25 October 2019 - 20:22

RNA – During his Friday prayer sermon delivered to a large and fervent crowd of believers in ‎Tehran, Hujjat al-Islam Sayyed Mohammad-Hasan Aboutorabifard said, “The United States, ‎the Zionist regime and some regional states only understand one language and that is the ‎language of force.”‎

The senior cleric reiterated that the countries which seek to defend their national interest ‎against these excessive demands should be equipped with political, scientific, defence, and ‎economic power and secure their interests with a tone led by authority.‎

‎“The Iranian nation talks with world powers with the language of logic which is supported by ‎different capabilities of the country,” Hujjat al-Islam Aboutorabifard added.‎

In relevant remarks on Thursday, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani stressed that his nation is ‎not vulnerable to the plots, pressures and sanctions imposed by Washington and its allies.‎

‎“Today, there is no doubt that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a very important and influential ‎country in the region, and this great nation will not be defeated by the conspiracies of the ‎enemies, especially the US and their embargo,” President Rouhani said before leaving Tehran ‎for Azerbaijan to participate in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.‎

‎“In these circumstances, it is more important for us to attend such summits than ever ‎before and I am pleased that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been more active in regional ‎unions and treaties in recent years.”‎

Stating that Iran has recently signed an interim agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union ‎‎(EAEU) and attended their summit in Armenia and attended the ECO, Rouhani said that Iran ‎has always been active in the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Non-‎Aligned Movement and currently we are actively involved in these organizations.‎

Rouhani pointed out that in recent years “we have started trilateral activities with other ‎countries in the region, saying, “A summit on the Astana Process between Iran, Turkey and ‎Russia; a summit between Iran, Azerbaijan, and Russia; another one between Iran, India, ‎and Afghanistan; and other summits that we attend at the regional level are among them.”‎

SOurce: Fars News

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