Ayatollah Khamenei: ‎

Americans support terrorists, will be expelled from Syria and Iraq

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution says due to its support for terrorists, the US ‎is hated in most parts of the world and will be soon expelled from Syria and Iraq, where it is ‎illegally present in the two Arab countries.‎

News ID: 450144

Date: 18 May 2020 - 17:10

RNA – The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, says ‎due to its support for terrorists, the US is hated in most parts of the world and will be soon ‎expelled from Syria and Iraq, where it is illegally present in the two Arab countries.‎

Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks while speaking in an annual Ramadan meeting with ‎Iranian university students on Sunday, which was carried out through videoconferencing in ‎the light of this year’s coronavirus pandemic and in compliance with health officials’ ‎recommendations.‎

‎“The long-term performance of the United States, including warmongering, helping notorious ‎regimes, harboring terrorist, [and] sparing no effort in supporting oppression, has caused ‎this government to be hated in an important part of the world,” the Leader said.‎

Ayatollah Khamenei added, “Today, the American society and political system are not ‎attractive, but are a subject of hatred in an important part of the world too.”‎

The Leader noted that part of the existing hatred for the United States emanates from the ‎behavior of its current officials, including its president and its “talkative, illogical, and ‎nonsensical” secretary of state.‎

Ayatollah Khamenei highlighted US warmongering in other countries, including in Afghanistan, ‎Iraq and Syria as another reason why the US regime is hated so much.‎

‎“Americans explicitly say ‘we have sent military forces to Syria, because there is oil [in that ‎country]’. Of course, they will not remain long neither in Iraq, nor in Syria and must certainly ‎leave them and will undoubtedly be expelled [from those countries].”‎

Elsewhere in his remarks, the Leader touched on the country's current situation from three ‎different viewpoints, saying, "The Islamic Republic is currently engaged in a major struggle ‎against the oppression and arrogance front."‎

‎"The country enjoys a very high potential for confrontation [with the oppression and ‎arrogance front] and past experience with different issues shows this to us," Ayatollah ‎Khamenei explained.‎

The Leader emphasized that the victory of the Islamic Revolution has “institutionalized a ‎sense of power and dignity in our country and people.”‎

‎“Of course, the enemy is looking for an opportunity to strip us or our sense of national self-‎confidence,” Ayatollah Khamenei warned.‎

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