Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called for a renewal of revolutionary spirit against outside enemies, who he accused of waging a “soft war” against the Islamic Republic. But he also held out an olive branch to Iran’s internal opposition, saying that all opponents are “not counter-revolutionaries.”
The Ayatollah told the cheering crowd of Basij militia members to preserve Iran’s revolutionary spirit and to continue the struggle against the country’s enemies, whom he claimed were “waging a soft war” against the Islamic Republic.
