Alwaght-Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says enemies have waged a large-scale intelligence war against Iran, but that foreign spy agencies have failed in their attempts to inflict any harm on the country.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi and a group of the ministry's employees in Tehran on Wednesday.
The Leader referred to the largely complicated war, led by the opposing front, agaisnt the Islamic Revolution, going on to say: “We are now placed in the middle of this great, big battlefield; one side of it being the System of the Islamic Revolution; the other side is the huge, powerful front of the enemies.”
Ayatollah Khamenei regarded the intelligence services of the opposing front as the main factors of this confrontation, and stated: “The intelligence systems of the opponents, despite all their efforts, haven’t been able, so far, to accomplish one significant thing. However, if we act negligently in this war, we will be defeated; and, if we oversimplify the confrontation, we will receive a damaging blow.”
Furthermore, referring to dimensions of the complicated “intelligence war,” Ayatollah Khamenei stated: “With this war, there are various methods in play, including penetration of and robbing information, changing the calculations of decision makers, changing public opinion, to causing economic and financial chaos, and security unrest.”
The Leader of the Revolution insisted: "We have to resist during this war, against the plans of the adverse front; to overcome the enemy, we have to develop offensive strategies besides defensive ones, so that a strategical blue print on playing field is laid out by our intelligence services.”
Ayatollah Khamenei counted long-term planning with the prediction of future events, precise analysis and study of intelligent operations among the means to counter the adverse front's plans against the intelligence establishment of the country.
He also spoke on the subject of combatting corruption and said: "Fighting corruption has to be taken very seriously; its main arteries have to be targeted. Because corruption leads to moral disruption and defeat of the population and the society.”
