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IR Leader hails the military

Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei told a cadetship badge ceremony Saturday that Islam has a different logic to build army from that of the world materialistic rulings, adding, the armed forces in the Islamic Republic of Iran take front in defense of justice, rights of the public and the underprivileged and perform as the strong bulwark of national security and values of Islam and the Revolution.

The Commander-in-Chief dismissed the views of global masters of money and force about building army as a means to seek and maintain power, adding, despite this logic, in an Islamic system, as the armed forces enter military domain, they actually enter worship domain owing to the lofty logic of Islam.

In a ceremony held in Imam Hussein Cadet Academy affiliated to Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) to mark IRI Founder Imam Khomeini's directive to establish Basij Organization, Ayatollah Khamenei said the IRGC was featured by its formation as a follow-up to revolutionary values.

"To continute work, the Guard must command determined persons to defend the nation based on the same revolutionary values even in the absence of the conditions of early revolution and the Sacred Defense," Ayatollah Khamenei said.

Ayatollah Khamenei urged the audience to foster their relations with the Almighty and rely on Him and to promote their intellectual, physical and training skills. "The Armed Forces including the Guard portray the power and resolve of the Iranian nation and their preparedness will force enemies to change their mind and abandon greed over the country.

Early in the ceremony, the Commander-in-Chief paid homage to the martyrs memorial in the premises of the academy and performed the opening chapter of the Holy Qoran in honor of the martyrs. Ayatollah Khamenei then reviewed honor guard.

Ayatollah Khamenei also granted badges to first-ever graduates of the Academy and handed gifts to the war veterans, top cadet officers and dons as well as families of the martyrs of the academy.

Elsewhere, addressing senior commanders, authorities and governors of the IRGC's academies, Ayatollah Khamenei praised the authorities and teachers of Imam Hussein military academy for their significant role in promoting the cadet officers in terms of knowledge and training.

"In this academy, sagacious, knowledgeable, and valiant persons must be trained through due scientific training and by providing grounds for scientific innovation and courage to emerge," the IR Leader underlined.

Ayatollah Khamenei praised the IRGC for its large potentials of revolutionary, faithful and calibered individuals, urging the relevant authorities to keep on their regard for human resources and training matters.

Ayatollah Khamenei then called perfoming military duties as source of honor.

The IR Leader denounced the notion of the pseudo-enlightened in objection to building army as a deviating view, adding that a military trainee with Islamic identity is the one who takes step in the path of a sublime goal with his heart, thought and body and even is ready to donate his body in that path thereby he must not be compared with savage and irresponsible armed forces of America or the Zionist regime and those of the world dominance seekers.

Ayatollah Khamenei reminded the duty of the Guard in preserving the aspirations of the Islamic Revolution, adding that the all-inclusive definition of the duty is established in the armed defense of the evolutionary values.

The Islamic Revolution Leader called on the audience to observe the Guard's requirements in all ranks, adding that all the commanders and forces of the IRGC must take care to meet minimum requirements in every regard.
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