Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, Tehran's Friday prayers leader
by IRNA, Press News - July 20, 2007
Friday prayers leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami has said that the US seeks to spark velvet revolution not only in Iran but in all countries.
"This US policy has been successful in certain countries but it failed in Iran like all the other US conspiracies failed in Iran," Khatami said during his Friday prayers sermon in Tehran.
"The US has always taken velvet revolution into consideration by promoting Western culture in the society and by causing strife between people and the government through propaganda, organizing certain individuals, psychological warfare and making intentional use of media, intellectual circles, university student's establishments and feminism movements in order to implement its interfering policies," he added.
The US spends millions of dollars towards its policies, he said, adding that the confessions made by those arrested who intended to implement US policies in Iran brought anger to the US statesmen and the US media and has forced them to reciprocate.
"The US has had direct and indirect military interference in 25 countries during the past 50 years and it is funny to know that this country claims to establish democracy in the world," the cleric said.
Khatami, who is a member of the Assembly of Experts, pointed to Iran's role in establishing stability and security in the Middle East and said, Iran's policy on Iraq has always been based on reinforcing tranquility in the country and serving its oppressed nation but the US accuses Iran of interfering in Iraq under unfounded pretext.
He added, "The US seeks dominance of Baathists in Iraq again and intends to cause sectarian strife in the country."
Ayatollah Khatami pointed to developments in Palestine, saying, "The Palestinian government and parliament have been formed based on the votes of the Palestinian people but we witness the arrogance attitude towards this democratic parliament and government by the western countries."
"The world knows that democracy is the only issue that the US does not intend to materialize and its only desire is to dominate the world's independent states."
The Friday prayers leader also stated, "A meeting was held in France with the presence of all the Lebanese groups over recent days which stressed on the importance of establishing a national unity government in Lebanon."
He added, "The Lebanese Hezbollah raised the issue of establishing a national unity government in Lebanon last year as to be the only solution to the crisis in that country.
"The Lebanese government together with all its allies opposed Hezbollah's offer at that time, but one year later all the Lebanese statesmen and political groups accepted it."
He stated, "I strongly believe that the same way the Lebanese Hezbollah won the military battle, it will be a winner in the political scene of the country too."
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