”The massive march of the nation on February 22nd showed that the enemy's software threats have been ineffective against this country and this nation,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in the capital Tehran on Monday.
The Leader was pointing to the nation’s monumental turnout in the marches and celebrations that marked the 45th anniversary of Iran’s historic 1979 Islamic Revolution, which overthrew the country’s former United States-backed tyrannical Pahlavi regime.
“Software threats mean manipulating the public opinion; it means creating division; it means creating doubt in the fundamental principles of the Islamic Revolution; it means creating doubt about steadfastness against the enemy. They are doing this.” Ayatollah Khamenei stated.
“By God's grace [however], they have not succeeded until today; until today, the enemy’s temptations have not been able to shake the hearts of our people or deter our youths from their resolve and moving [forward],” the Leader added.
Ayatollah Khamenei again cited the case of the extensive commemoration events that took place during the anniversary of the Revolution’s victory this year,
“Where else in the world does such a thing exist? After forty-some years since the victory of the Revolution, on the anniversary of the Revolution’s victory, the entire nation, not the Armed Forces, not the officials, but the masses of the people, honor the day in such a way and enter the field with such a massive turnout, despite all the problems that exist.”
Monday marked the anniversary of a historic and influential uprising by the people of East Azerbaijan’s capital Tabriz on February 18, 1978, which played a pivotal role in the success of the Revolution a year later.
Elsewhere during the speech, the Leader acknowledged that the Iranian people had some legitimate problems and expectations.
The predicaments, though, do not prevent the people from defending their Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei underlined.
“What does this mean? It means that the enemy's software threats have not been effective in this country and on this nation until today,” the Leader stated.