Khamenei says backs revolts, doesn’t mention Syria

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Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei used his new year’s message on Monday to slam the military intervention in Libya, back regional revolts ( doesn’t mention Syria), and accuses US President Barack Obama of lying.

“The US and Western (allies) claim they want to defend the people by carrying out military operations or by entering Libya… You did not come to defend the people, you’ve come after Libyan oil,” Khamenei said in a live broadcast from the holy city of Mashhad.

“Iran utterly condemns the behaviour of the Libyan government against its people, the killings and pressure on people, and the bombing of its cities… but it (also) condemns the military action in Libya,” he said.

Under a UN Security Council resolution, the United States, Britain and France on Saturday launched air strikes on Libyan air defence systems to impose a no-fly zone on the regime of strongman Moamer Kadhafi.

The Security Council passed a resolution on Thursday authorising the use of “all necessary measures” to protect civilians and impose the no-fly zone after Kadhafi’s forces appeared on the verge of crushing the month-long rebellion.

Khamenei said that Islamic republic supports those who have rebelled against Kadhafi, but said the West was seeking a foothold in the north African nation to monitor the uprisings in neighbouring Egypt and Tunisia.

The all-powerful leader, delivering his yearly speech on the Persian new year, also expressed vehement support for “all regional uprisings,” insisting that Iran did not distinguish between their Sunni Muslim or Shiite roots.

Iran “supports all the popular movements which are under the slogan of Islam and (seeking) freedom,” he said, addressing the Shiite-led uprising in the Sunni-ruled kingdom of Bahrain.

“We don’t distinguish between Gaza, Palestine, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Bahrain and Yemen. We have supported Palestine for 32 years, and they are not Shiites. It is not an issue of Shiites and Sunnis… It is the protest of a nation against oppression,” Khamenei said.

Tensions have heightened between Manama and Tehran over Iran’s criticism of the Gulf state’s bloody crackdown on Shiite-led pro-democracy protests, with the assistance of a Saudi-led Gulf Cooperation Council force.

Earlier on Monday, Bahrain’s King Hamad said his forces had managed to foil a “foreign plot being prepared over a period of 30, maybe 20 years” to target Gulf countries.

Khamenei said the regional uprisings signalled that a new Islamic movement was forming in the Middle East, and that it would “definitely become victorious.”

“What I firmly announce is that a new movement, with the grace of God, has started in the region… This widespread awakening of nations, which is directed towards Islamic goals, will definitely become victorious,” he said.

The United States and other Western countries have deplored the bloodshed in tiny but strategic Bahrain, which hosts the US Fifth Fleet, but Washington has accused Tehran of undermining peace in the Gulf by trying to advance its agenda in neighbouring states.

Khamenei called the criticism unwarranted, and advised Washington to focus instead on “the Saudi tanks on Bahrain streets.”

He also accused Obama of “lying.”

“The US president has sent a message that he supports (the Iranian people), he claims to be against dictatorship and a supporter of (regional) nations. But he is lying,” he said, pointing out that Obama had supported ousted Egyptian and Tunisian leaders Hosni Mubarak and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

Obama had earlier expressed solidarity with Iran’s young people, saying “I am with you,” and criticised the Tehran regime for its “campaign of intimidation and abuse” against its opponents.

But Khamenei said the real “hypocrite” was the US government, a statement welcomed by chants of “Death to America,” and “Death to Obama.”

He accused Washington of trying to simulate an Arab-like uprising in the Islamic republic, saying this was a “doomed and grotesque plan.”

US-Iranian animosity has reached new heights as Tehran pushes forward with what it calls civilian nuclear ambitions despite Western fears these could mask a military goal.

“The series of United States failures in the region, God willing, will continue,” Khamenei said. France24

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22 responses to “Khamenei says backs revolts, doesn’t mention Syria”

  1. persepoliswarrior Avatar
    persepoliswarrior

    Marg Bar Khameini!! You filthy piece of sh*t! You are so corrupt! You give us Iranians a bad name!!! Your days are numbered!! You are the worst! A liar and hypocrite!! The Arabs are not stupid!! They will not fall for your lies and secret interests you coward. You know true democracy will swipe across the region and you are paranoid about your own power. The fight for democracy in Iran will come out victorious! Nobody believes your lies and brainwashing hatred anymore! We might have been stupid and fallen for the lies of Khomeini in 1979 but we are smart now and know what we want!!!! And we don’t want YOU!

    1. master09 Avatar

      We can have HATE in our hearts and minds, but the people in the ME should stop these leaders by having GOOD in the heart and mind and bring them down by walking the streets DAILY. The mission of these leaders is simple to bring on the coming of the 12 Imams. To do this they must create KAOS in the world, they openly state this on a weekly basis.
      So people less talk and more action so Muslims Christians and all HUMANS alike will live in peace and freedom.

      Remember there is good and evil it is up to all of us to choose what side we want to be on, find the truth for yourself dont just listen to what people say.

  2. persepoliswarrior Avatar
    persepoliswarrior

    Marg Bar Khameini!! You filthy piece of sh*t! You are so corrupt! You give us Iranians a bad name!!! Your days are numbered!! You are the worst! A liar and hypocrite!! The Arabs are not stupid!! They will not fall for your lies and secret interests you coward. You know true democracy will swipe across the region and you are paranoid about your own power. The fight for democracy in Iran will come out victorious! Nobody believes your lies and brainwashing hatred anymore! We might have been stupid and fallen for the lies of Khomeini in 1979 but we are smart now and know what we want!!!! And we don’t want YOU!

    1. master09 Avatar

      We can have HATE in our hearts and minds, but the people in the ME should stop these leaders by having GOOD in the heart and mind and bring them down by walking the streets DAILY. The mission of these leaders is simple to bring on the coming of the 12 Imams. To do this they must create KAOS in the world, they openly state this on a weekly basis.
      So people less talk and more action so Muslims Christians and all HUMANS alike will live in peace and freedom.

      Remember there is good and evil it is up to all of us to choose what side we want to be on, find the truth for yourself dont just listen to what people say.

  3.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Marg Bar Khameini!! You filthy piece of sh*t! You are so corrupt! You give us Iranians a bad name!!! Your days are numbered!! You are the worst! A liar and hypocrite!! The Arabs are not stupid!! They will not fall for your lies and secret interests you coward. You know true democracy will swipe across the region and you are paranoid about your own power. The fight for democracy in Iran will come out victorious! Nobody believes your lies and brainwashing hatred anymore! We might have been stupid and fallen for the lies of Khomeini in 1979 but we are smart now and know what we want!!!! And we don’t want YOU!

    1.  Avatar
      Anonymous

      We can have HATE in our hearts and minds, but the people in the ME should stop these leaders by having GOOD in the heart and mind and bring them down by walking the streets DAILY. The mission of these leaders is simple to bring on the coming of the 12 Imams. To do this they must create KAOS in the world, they openly state this on a weekly basis.
      So people less talk and more action so Muslims Christians and all HUMANS alike will live in peace and freedom.

      Remember there is good and evil it is up to all of us to choose what side we want to be on, find the truth for yourself dont just listen to what people say.

  4. kareemthehippy Avatar
    kareemthehippy

    Nyaaaa2!!!! I wish religion stop being involved in politics. You give the world a bad name for Persians.. so much potential ruined because of morons like you…not that the ones we got in Lebanon are better but still.

    1. Confessionalism……Confessionalism my friends. These countries should learn from the West and separate religion and politics

      1. kareemthehippy Avatar
        kareemthehippy

        One day the Lebanese will vote for their leaders based on how they run their policies, as opposed to which religion they believe in. ONE DAY.

        I think it’ll never happen but …hopefully… one day.

  5. kareemthehippy Avatar
    kareemthehippy

    Nyaaaa2!!!! I wish religion stop being involved in politics. You give the world a bad name for Persians.. so much potential ruined because of morons like you…not that the ones we got in Lebanon are better but still.

    1. Confessionalism……Confessionalism my friends. These countries should learn from the West and separate religion and politics

      1. kareemthehippy Avatar
        kareemthehippy

        One day the Lebanese will vote for their leaders based on how they run their policies, as opposed to which religion they believe in. ONE DAY.

        I think it’ll never happen but …hopefully… one day.

  6.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Nyaaaa2!!!! I wish religion stop being involved in politics. You give the world a bad name for Persians.. so much potential ruined because of morons like you…not that the ones we got in Lebanon are better but still.

    1. Confessionalism……Confessionalism my friends. These countries should learn from the West and separate religion and politics

      1.  Avatar
        Anonymous

        One day the Lebanese will vote for their leaders based on how they run their policies, as opposed to which religion they believe in. ONE DAY.

        I think it’ll never happen but …hopefully… one day.

  7.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Nyaaaa2!!!! I wish religion stop being involved in politics. You give the world a bad name for Persians.. so much potential ruined because of morons like you…not that the ones we got in Lebanon are better but still.

  8. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    This man seems invariably to ‘condemn’ whatever he sees. Is there nothing of a positive nature to ever occur in his part of the Middle East?? I really would hate to have to live under his control and that of his running dogs.

  9.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    This man seems invariably to ‘condemn’ whatever he sees. Is there nothing of a positive nature to ever occur in his part of the Middle East?? I really would hate to have to live under his control and that of his running dogs.

  10. “Death to America and death to Obama”? He condems the regime but also condems the intervention and yet supports the rebels? so we know what you condem (everything), but what is your solution then? let the people in benghazi get massacared? You did nothing for them so your empty words of support are meaningless, the Arab league OK’d the intervention and the people were calling for it as well—this nonsense about oil is very very old… your too little too late speech is a joke, and its full of hypocracy….

  11. “Death to America and death to Obama”? He condems the regime but also condems the intervention and yet supports the rebels? so we know what you condem (everything), but what is your solution then? let the people in benghazi get massacared? You did nothing for them so your empty words of support are meaningless, the Arab league OK’d the intervention and the people were calling for it as well—this nonsense about oil is very very old… your too little too late speech is a joke, and its full of hypocracy….

  12.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    “Death to America and death to Obama”? He condems the regime but also condems the intervention and yet supports the rebels? so we know what you condem (everything), but what is your solution then? let the people in benghazi get massacared? You did nothing for them so your empty words of support are meaningless, the Arab league OK’d the intervention and the people were calling for it as well—this nonsense about oil is very very old… your too little too late speech is a joke, and its full of hypocracy….

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