Tehran, feb. 26, irna -- the leader of the Islamic revolution, ayatollah ali khamenei
on friday said it was incumbent upon the iranian people and officials to support the
innocent and Muslim people of bosnia-herzegovina. "the intellectuals,
students, writers, the press, ulama and people from various walks of life should constantly focus
their attention on this issue and support this (bosnian nation) financially and
politically," the supreme leader said. ayatollah khamenei made the remarks while
addressing a huge crowd of worshippers in and outside Tehran university, as the friday
prayer leader of Tehran. while the bosnian women are being raped, their properties
plundered and their homes set ablaze, the world is wasting time `nd talking
nonsense, the
revered ayatollah said. "we regret that our young people `re unable to go there for
defence (of bosnian people). ntherwise, the aggressors would have realized the power nf
Islam and that nf our youth's faith," he said.
commenting on the afghan issue, the leader termed the recent developments in
afghanistan as "bitter incidents" and a "great trouble" created for
the people of afghanistan by afghan groups and parties. "the incidents happening in
afghanistan have resulted from factionalism, the prejudices of those administering that
country, lack of national unity, and the bias towards certain races and
languages,"
ayatollah khamenei said. the leader of the Islamic revolution voiced iran's deep regret
and concern over what was going on in afghanistan. in afghanistan.
ayatollah khamenei also pointed to global arrogance's indignation and fury over the
growth of islamism in the four corners of the world and to foreign radios' attempts to
promulgate a false notion that people are no longer fond of islamism and combatant Islam.
"everybody knows that they are trying hard to circulate such a big lie because if
their claim had been true they would not have had to spend such a large amount of money on
containing islamism," the leader pointed out.
elsewhere in his sermons, the leader likened the massive turnout of the iranian people
in nationwide rallies on february 11, marking the 14th anniversary of the
victory of the Islamic revolution, to a "big punch in the mouth of enemies of the
revolution." the supreme leader called on the iranian people to massively turn out
for the rallies to be staged on the last friday of the fasting month of ramadhan, the
international qods day in solidarity with the palestinian people. "the world should
know that the vigilant people of iran are present on the scene, are steadfast and have no
fear of any power in the world," ayatollah khamenei reiterated. expressing regret
over losses inflicted on iranian people in "we should familiarize with methods that
will further protect people from natural disasters so as to prevent them from suffering
great losses," the leader made it clear.
Tehran, feb. 14, irna -- leader of the Islamic revolution ayatollah ali khamenei here
sunday reiterated that the death decree against apostate salman rushdie is
"inalterable" and that "the verdict must undoubtedly be carried out and
will be carried out." addressing a group of ulema and friday prayer leaders,
ayatollah khamenei stressed, "we don't care about the dissatisfaction of britain and
other european states (over the issue). we too are angry at many of their
actions."
the leader said, "imam khomeini has thrown an arrow at this impudent
apostate. the
arrow is moving towards its target and will sooner or later hit it." "the
verdict must undoubtedly be carried out and will be carried out," ayatollah khamenei
underlined. "therefore, it is incumbent upon every Muslim who has access to this
mercenary author to drive this harmful being out of the way of Muslims and punish
him." ayatollah khamenei said, "imam's verdict is irreversible and no one is
able to make a deal over it. solving the rushdie issue is possible only through the
handing over of this apostate and infidel person to Muslims." he suggested that as a
logical solution, the british government should hand over the apostate rushdie to Muslims
to be punished. ayatollah khamenei added insulting Islam and the Islamic sanctities is the
usual practice of the enemies of Islam.
referring to western publicity to promote the blasphemous novel, 'the satanic
verses',
the leader said that the zionists and paid writers promoted the novel with the aim to
insult Islam. "by promoting the book, which impudently insults muslim's prophet
mohammad (peace be upon him) and his close associates, they are working to gradually turn
insulting Islam into a routine practice." he continued that the verdict was a
"divine light" which foiled conspiracies of enemies of Islam. the late leader of
the Islamic revolution imam khomeini sentenced the apostate rushdie to death on february
14, 1989, for having blasphemed Islam and Islamic sanctities. the leader said the support
of the european states for the apostate rushdie speaks of the west's conspiracies to
insult Islam. he noted that the european states are very much concerned about life of a
mercenary such as the indian-born british author while they are willing to sacrifice
thousands of human lives on a minor issue depending on their interest.
the Islamic revolution leader lashed out at the european states for disregarding the
serbian massacre of bosnian Muslims and persecution of palestinians, the true owners of
palestine, by the zionists. he added that under such circumstances the reaction of these
countries against the imam's edict indicates ineffectiveness of their ploy to insult
Islam. referring to the attitude of britain and other european states towards the
issue,
he said, "we don't care about the dissatisfaction of britain and other euroean
states. we too are angry at many of the leader continued, "the british government
which plundered our country for many years, now is, more than anything else, angry because
of our independence. the iranian nation will no longer allow england, america or any other
ruffian to interfere in the internal affair of iran, hrt aspirations, goals, ideals and
sanctities."
Tehran, feb. 5, irna -- the leader of the Islamic republic of iran ayatollah seyyed ali
khamenei has pardoned and commuted the sentences of 619 prisoners. the amnesty was
requested by the head of the judiciary ayatollah mohammad yazdi and approved by the leader
of the revolution on the eve of the birthday of the 12th shiite imam (hojat-e-bin-hassan,
vali-e-asr) on shaaban 15, 1413 hijra (this year falling on feb. 7) coinciding with the 14th
annivesary of the Islamic revolution.
Tehran, feb. 1, irna -- the leader of the Islamic revolution, ayatollah ali khamenei
attended a ceremony held at the holy shrine of imam khomeini today marking the anniversary
of the late imam's return home in 1979 after years of exile. president akbar hashemi
rafsanjani on the same occasion congratulated the nation in a message broadcast on Tehran
radio this morning. he referred to the imam's return home as an event which changed
"everything from negative to positive and from misery to prosperity." he added
that iran had been dominated by aliens on those days but now the people decided their fate
themselves which he said was a very outstanding example in the world. rafsanjani noted
that Islam and quran were now protecting the nation but that before the revolution the
youth were threatened by the corrupt western culture. he stated that today development
plans were carried out with the aim to eliminate discrimination and to ensure equal
distribution of all facilities among the people in the society. pointing to the economic
sanctions and the iraqi war imposed on iran by the world arrogance after the 1979 victory
of the revolution, rafsanjani said that effective steps had been taken to rebuild the
country and its main economic structures.