Iran very serious in confronting hostility of enemies: Leader

Addressing a group of people from Sistan and Baluchestan, and South Khorasan provinces on Monday, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that the world is on the verge of an evolution.

This transformation includes several issues, including the weakening of the world's arrogant powers, he said, adding that arrogant powers such as the US and some European countries have weakened and will become weaker.

The emergence of new regional and global powers is another part of this global transformation, he added.

The Leader went on to say that based on the received information, the American government has created a group, the mission of which is to create a crisis in countries, including Iran.

The American government has found out that there are several sensitive issues in Iran that can be turned into crises through provocation, Ayatollah Khamenei highlighted, referring to the diversity of ethnic groups, religions, and the issue of gender and women.

According to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, such dreams will never come true.

"The enemies are serious in their enmity and plotting, and we are also very serious in confronting them," the Leader noted.

“America interfered in various governments, but the condition is now declining. Today, America has to create a combined war in order to hit the governments that it wants to hit, which is very costly for it, and will not work out in the end."

As for the decline of Europe, the situation is no better.

“You hear these days how the African countries that were under the influence of France are rising against France one after another," the Leader said.

“The Western powers, which are headed by America and then Europe, do not have the former power today, they are weakening and this weakness is increasing. Day by day, new powers are rising; this is a great global change."

Nevertheless, “When we say the enemy is becoming weak, it doesn't mean that it cannot plot, be hostile, and strike, it can,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.

“They are busy planning, we should not sleep, we should not be negligent.”

Elsewhere in his remarks, Ayatollah Khamenei said, “We must be careful not to go astray, not to make mistakes, not to exchange right for wrong.”

“The Qur'an has given us a standard. The Qur'an says that ‘Muhammad is the Messenger of God and those who are with him.' Are we with the Prophet or not? This is the way, it has a sign.

“'And those who are with Him are bitter against the infidels.' If you see that the way we are going is a path that makes the infidels happy, know that you are not bitter against the infidels. So you are not with the Messenger of God, you are not with the Prophet.”

Ayatollah Khamenei said, “We must be focused. We must know what we are doing and saying. The words we utter should not play into the enemy's plan and complete its puzzle. This is dangerous."

“Care must be taken that this does not happen. If we are careful, the enemy cannot do a damn thing.”