Imam Khamenei urges armed forces to reinforce spiritual motivations, military might

Leader of the Islamic Revolution underlined that the main task of the Armed Forces is guarding the national security, therefore they are required to enhance their spiritual motivation and military might.

“The most important characteristics of the collective identity of Iran’s Armed Forces, is the concurrent possession of operational and military might as well as spiritual and religious motivations,” emphasized Ayatollah Khamenei meeting a group of Armed Forces high-ranking commanders on the occasion of Iranian New Year on Sunday in Tehran; “so their military might and spiritual motivations have to be empowered regularly.”

“In some countries, army is just a useless and decorative establishment without operational power aiming only to save the government and security of the rulers,” underlined the Leader noting two particular groups of armed forces in most countries of the world.

“One instance of such an army in the region has attacked Yemen and targeted Yemeni nation for over a year now with vehement force, and yet it has made no accomplishment,” said Ayatollah Khamenei.

The Leadar then noted the second group “these armies seem to possess great operational and military might but in the battlefield they only practice mere militarism, irrationality and violence,” and added “the performance of US Army in Afghanistan and Iraq is the clear example of such armies with mere militarism nature; these armies, once feeling failure, would not hesitate to use professional criminal forces like ‘Black Water’.”

“The only Armed Forces of whole world which follow a particular school and are ideological, possess spiritual motivations and efficiency simultaneously, and act in a country of political independence, are the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Military in Iran is neither a decorative and useless position, nor an irrational uncontained operation.”

Emphasizing that the unique identity of the Iran’s Armed Forces is required to be reinforced consistently, Ayatollah Khamenei said “Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic does not belong to any individual or particular party; but they belong to Iran and Iranian nation and need to be the safeguard for the nation and protect the national and public security.”

“By increasing the military power including organizing the forces, equipping, training and supporting as well as improving the spiritual capabilities which are of high importance for the forces, the Iranian Armed Forces would feel the real and true power,” asserted the Leader.



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