FM: Iran Foils Threats with Popular Backing
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described people’s support for the Islamic Revolution as the main factor that has helped the country combat all threats.
“What has protected and strengthened this revolution has been people’s presence, and today, the very same presence will foil all threats too,” the top Iranian diplomat said in a rally in Tehran marking the 38th anniversary of victory of the Islamic Revolution on Friday.
The foreign minister was among many other officials attending the huge nationwide rallies to commemorate the victory of the Islamic Revolution back in 1979.
This year’s demonstrations saw more anti-US sentiments given US President Donald Trump’s outspoken criticism of Iran and his executive order banning Iranian people from entering the US.
In comments on February 7, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei reminded the new US president that Iran is not afraid of threats, noting that Trump would get a response for his comments and threats in the rallies marking the Islamic Revolution’s victory anniversary.
On Friday, millions of people in capital Tehran, more than 1,000 other cities and towns, and in 4,000 villages, poured into the streets with flags of Iran and banners in support of the Islamic Republic.
Demonstrators hung Trump in effigy, burned the US and Israeli flags, and paid tribute to the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, under whose leadership the revolutionary movements triumphed over the despotic regime of Pahlavi on February 11, 1979.