Alongside millions of people of all walks of life, state and army officials and also Islamic Scholars attended the rallies to celebrate the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, which toppled the US-backed Pahlavi regime in 1979.

Stating that Iranian people are fully committed to the ideals of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Hosseini Boushehri said: “The Iranian people will not stop fighting the enemies until they reach their ultimate goals.”

Ayatollah Nouri Hamedani described the presence of millions of Iranians in 22 Bahman (February 11) rally as a demonstration of the greatness of the revolution and said: The message of this epic presence is the decisive confrontation against the enemies.

A member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom explained that the presence of the people in 22 Bahman rallies humiliated the enemies and added, “Every year the people are becoming more and more revolutionary than in previous years and are present at the rallies and this frustrates the enemies.”

Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi described the mass presence of Iranian nation as a tough hit in the face of US and other enemies of Iran.

Ayatollah Javadi-Amoli insisted that officials must not allow people to suffer and added, “The officials must show gratitude to the people by providing economic security and comfort to them.”

“Enemies should know that with the presence of these revolutionary and insightful people, they will never achieve their sinister goals”, Hujat al-Islam Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said.

Referring to the mass presence of the Iranian people in different scenes, especially 22 Bahman rallies, Hujat al-Islam Moballeghi said, “Today by their presence Iranian people disappointed the enemy and withdrew the enemy.”

Ayatollah Araki, declaring that the Iranian people remain steadfast and loyal to the Islamic Republic, said, “The same enthusiasm we saw at the beginning of the revolution still exists among our insightful and revolutionary nation.”

Ayatollah Yazdi said, “The formation of an Islamic Union can present the religion of Islam to the world in an extraterritorial way and in this way the role of lecturers in the Islamic Seminaries can be decisive.”