Sayyed Khamenei on Thursday: Iran’s Revolution Inspired Uprisings

Leader of the Islamic Revolution says the Islamic awakening underway in the region has been inspired by the nation's Islamic Revolution and the resistance they waged against arrogant powers.

"The arrogant front, led by the United States, is well aware that Iran's Islamic Revolution is the role model for these popular movements," said Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei on Thursday in a visit to the country's Ministry of Intelligence.

Sayyed Khamenei emphasized that while the arrogant powers are making efforts to portray the Islamic Revolution model as "an unsuccessful and failed experience," the magnificence of millions of people that participated in the February 11 march, celebrating the anniversary of the victory of the revolution, has frustrated them.

Sayyed Khamenei made the comments during a six-hour visit to the Intelligence Ministry, where he reiterated the need for intelligence services to exercise vigilance in the wake of recent developments in the Middle East and North Africa.

"The current developments in the region will definitely influence future events across the globe, thus these events should be actively monitored and their diverse aspects should be closely studied," His Eminence said.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution also called on Iranian intelligence employees to adopt a position that goes beyond "sectarian and factional differences," urging them to remain vigilant against the "enemy's infiltration attempts and deviatory trends of thought."