Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called on officials to watch out for “threats posed by the enemies to create rift among them, stressing that they should stand united against the enemies' plots,” reported the Iran-Daily online newspaper Friday.
"Enemies frequently change their strategies and the status quo. They are seeking to create division among officials in different apparatuses of Iran's Islamic system," Ayatollah Khamenei told thousands of worshipers attending the weekly Friday prayers.
President Mohammad Khatami, parliamentary speaker Mehdi Karroubi, Judiciary Head Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi and former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani attended the prayers, said the paper.
Ayatollah Khamenei urged the officials to make efforts to establish a national security in the country.
"The enemies create rifts among the officials by praising one and criticizing another affiliated to a camp different from the former through their wide-ranging media," he said.
The supreme leader noted that Iranian presidents have thus far looked out for “the enemy plots and managed to foil them all.”
He praised President Khatami, saying "from the very beginning, President (Khatami) thwarted all attempts by Western media which pretended to support him."
Ayatollah Khamenei also warned against adopting any stance that might benefit the enemies.
He called on Iran's reformist leaders, without identifying any by name, "to break free from the propaganda in their favor."
"Even today, foreign media, which are run directly or indirectly by Zionist circles, give flattering words in favor of some while they fire shots at others," he said.
"The remnants of the counter-revolution, foreign intelligence services and their agents in the country have always looked forward to dividing the political and also the religious leaders of the regime," he said – Albawaba.com
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