Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei met with hundreds of champions of various sports and winners of the International Science Olympiad this morning.
He said the young achievers showed that Iran’s hopeful youth “has the strength to rise to the top and draw the world’s attention to Iran’s bright horizon.”
Addressing the medalists, the leader of the Islamic Revolution said their victory has special significance in the current era of “soft war”, pointing out that the enemy is trying to spread hopelessness and hopelessness among the Iranian people.
“You have proven that Iran’s hopeful youth is capable of standing on top of the world as a national symbol and drawing the world’s attention to Iran’s bright horizons,” Khamenei said.
Islamic Revolution leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei has harshly criticized US President Donald Trump’s recent comments boasting about bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities, saying the US president does not have the authority to dictate what other countries can and cannot do.
“It’s okay, keep dreaming,” Khamenei said, in reference to the US president’s boastful claim that he had destroyed Iran’s nuclear industry. “But who do you think can make prescriptions for whether a country can or cannot have a nuclear industry?”
Khamenei also condemned the US president’s bullying and baseless rhetoric, saying the president’s recent actions were aimed at “lifting the Zionist spirit and presenting himself as powerful through lies about Iran, the region and its people.”
he added hastily. “If he really is in power, let’s calm down the millions of people in every state in the United States who are singing against him.”
The leader expressed his joy at meeting the country’s skilled youth and said their victory has special value because today it comes at a time when “the enemy, through psychological warfare, is trying to make the nation hopeless and forget about its own capabilities.”
He dismissed claims of despair among Iranian youth as baseless, stressing that “our dear Iran and its youth are symbols of hope” and that with determination and hard work, Iranian youth “can and will reach the highest peaks.”
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