Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, met on Sunday with young revolutionary guards affiliated with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy, who had courageously taken action against the entry of US troops into the Islamic Republic of Iran’s territorial waters by arresting the trespassers, and heaped praise on them in a face-to-face meeting.   

In a short speech, Ayatollah Khamenei, in his capacity as the commander in chief of the Iranian Armed Forces, described this commendable action by the IRGC Navy as courageous and endowed with faith, noting: “Your job was excellent, interesting and timely and, in fact, we must consider this incident as an act of God, who brought Americans into our waters so they would be arrested through your timely action and in that manner with their hands held above their heads.”

During this meeting, the noon and afternoon prayers were led in congregation led by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution.