IRGC Chief-Commander Praises Shiite-Sunni Unity in Iran

The enemies are making considerable efforts to harm the Iranian nation’s unity and solidarity, but all their plots have always been neutralized thanks to the guidelines of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and the prudence of Iranians, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Tuesday.

He added that despite hostile acts by the global arrogance, “the Islamic Republic is still continuing its path with strength and dignity.”

The most important goal of enemies is to create insecurity across Iran; however, Shiite and Sunni Muslims are making joint efforts to boost the country’s security, the IRGC commander said.

During a recent meeting in Tehran with a number of officials in charge of a martyrs’ congress in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, Ayatollah Khamenei has lauded the strong unity among Iran’s Shiite and Sunni Muslims despite all enemy attempts to sow discord among them.

Ayatollah Khamenei further called for vigilance among Muslims against divisive enemy schemes.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Jafari pointed to the eight-year war imposed by Iraq with the backing of major global powers and said, “The biggest achievement of this war was that other nations accepted that they can stand up to the global arrogance’s bullying.”

He emphasized that Iran has also countered the cultural, political and economic aggression of the global arrogance aimed at harming the Islamic Revolution.

“Enemies of the Islamic Revolution tried to create distrust among the [Iranian] people of the Islamic establishment through the imposition of economic pressure and sanctions and the creation of certain economic problems but this plot was also thwarted through the vigilance of the people,” the IRGC commander said.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in January the Islamic Republic’s security and stability depend on its own people, adding that “infiltrators” will not be permitted to violate the rights of the Iranians.