In Friday Speech to Arab World, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Calls Upon Egyptian Army to Join Masses in Ousting Mubarak; In Sermon, Says Voice of Iranian Nation Echoing in Muslim World
Full SpeechThese Events "Can Wipe From [the] Faces [of the Arab and Islamic Peoples] the Dust of Decades of Oppression and Humiliation Inflicted Upon These Noble Peoples By the West and America"
"In the Islamic world today, a great and crucial event is developing, an event that could tip the balance of arrogance in this region in the favor of Islam and the peoples. This event can restore honor and glory to the Arab and Islamic peoples, and can wipe from their faces the dust of decades of oppression and humiliation inflicted upon these noble peoples by the West and America.
"This miraculous event was started by the Tunisian people, and has reached its peak through the efforts of the great and wise Egyptian people. The Tunisian people have managed to expel the treacherous pro-American ruler, who publicly declared his enmity to Islam.
"But it would be a mistake to assume that this is the required outcome. A collaborating regime is not toppled when its visible leaders leave the country. If these leaders are replaced by others from behind the scenes, then nothing has changed. This is a trap set for the people.
"During the great Islamic Revolution in Iran, they tried time and again to make our people fall into such a trap. But the awareness of the people and of its great divine leader allowed them to thwart the enemies' scheme and to continue along the path to the end."
"The Greatest Crime Perpetrated By the Egyptian Regime Was to Bring This People Down From Its Lofty Standing to the Level of a Perishing Tool at the Hand of America"
