US on losing side of 40-year war against Iran: Leader
Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei said Sat. that the United States has always been on the losing side of the 40-year-long war it has waged against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with a number of university and high school students on Saturday ahead of the National Day of Fight against Global Arrogance.
The 13th day of the Iranian calendar month of Aban, which falls on November 4 this year, also known as the Student Day in Iran, marks the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the US embassy by Iranian students in Tehran.
Speaking at the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei noted the forty years of conflict between the US and Iran, which encompasses all types of aggression launched from the enemy side, from military and economic war to a media war.
He said the US objective was to regain its control over Iran, which it lost after the Islamic Revolution and never managed to get it back.
“The important fact here is that in this 40-year-old conflict, the US has been on the losing side and the Islamic Republic of Iran on the winning side. The reason for the US defeat is that it was them who started the attack, but they failed to achieve their objectives,” the Leader said.
The US today is far weaker than the US of forty years ago, he said, adding that many prominent American politicians believe that the US soft power has been exhausted.
“Even their hard power, that is their economy and militarism, is on the decline,” the Leader said, adding “the US’ military forces are severely confused and that is why they have to resort to help from organizations such as Blackwater in order to advance their military objectives.”
The United States is doomed to decline and fall as the Islamic Republic of Iran has been gaining more and more self-sufficiency in the past forty years, the Leader stressed.