(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - "The days of hegemonic powers which determine the fate of other nations by imposing their military might has come to an end," Imam Khamenei said addressing naval officers during a visit to the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday.
Imam Khamenei pointed out that regional states have become growingly vigilant and have come to believe that foreign troops bring insecurity to their countries.
"Even if some of the regional governments are still inclined to obey the orders of the arrogant powers, regional nations have awakened and become alert, and consider the foreigners' military presence as the cause of insecurity in the region," Imam Khamenei added.
"The days of hegemonic powers which determine the fate of other nations by imposing their military might has come to an end," Ayatollah Khamenei said addressing naval officers during a visit to the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday.
“Today the situation is very different from the past,” the Leader said, adding that the region's coast is controlled by an independent government and an alert nation who knows its national power and resolve.
“By reliance on God, [Iran] will impose its resolve on any political and military power, and force them to retreat.”
“Today, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Aden are free and independent regions thanks to the powerful presence of the Islamic Iran,” Imam Khamenei noted.
“We have not encouraged any country to confrontation and war and will not [do so], and we will refrain from any accidental or calculated encounter as far as we can,” Imam Khamenei pointed out.
Upon his arrival in Bandar Abbas on Saturday morning, Imam Khamenei visited the navy's industrial complex and paid tribute to Iranian martyrs of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
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