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Iran's leader: set up Islamic Egypt regime Publish Date: Saturday,5 February,
2011, at 01:08 AM Doha Time
Agencies/Tehran
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during Friday prayers
in Tehran yesterday
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday called for an Islamic
regime to be installed in Egypt, saying the wave of Arab revolts is an
"earthquake" triggered by the 1979 Iranian revolution.
The all-powerful Khamenei said the Arab uprisings, if successful, would lead to
failure of US policies in the region and that the revolts were the most
worrying for the Islamic Republic's arch-foe Israel as its alliance with Egypt
could be broken.
"Do not back down until the implementation of a popular regime based on
religion," said Khamenei, Iran's commander-in-chief, who switched from Persian
to Arabic during his Friday sermon directed at Egyptians.
"The clergy should play a role. For example, when people come out of mosques
and chant slogans, they should support. Inshallah part of the Egyptian army
will join the people. The main enemy of the Egyptian army is the Zionist regime
and not the people," he said.
The sermon marked the first time in seven months that Khamenei has addressed
the weekly Friday prayers and came as protesters massed in Egypt for sweeping
"departure day" demonstrations to force President Hosni Mubarak to quit.
Tehran, which severed diplomatic ties with Cairo in 1980, has backed the revolt
in Egypt and warned Washington against "interfering" in what it says is a
movement of the people.
"Today's events in North Africa, Egypt and Tunisia and some other countries
have different meanings for us," Khamenei said in Persian at Tehran university
where thousands of worshippers gathered to hear the nation's spiritual guide.
"This is what was always talked about as the occurrence of Islamic awakening at
the time of the Islamic revolution of the great Iranian nation and is showing
itself today," he said.
Khamenei told the cheering crowds who shouted "Death to America! Death to
Israel!" that the Iranian revolution has been "inspiring (to Arab uprisings)
and a model because of perseverance, stability and its insistence on
principles."
"Today in Egypt one can hear your voice echoing there. The American president
who was in power during the (Iranian) revolution has said in an interview that
what you hear in Egypt is familiar. What is heard in Cairo today was heard in
Tehran during his days," Khamenei said referring to former US president Jimmy
Carter.
He said the Arab revolts are "a real earthquake" and if successful would lead
to "failure of American policies" in the Middle East.
Khamenei attacked Mubarak, calling him a "servant" of Israel and the US.
"For 30 years this country (Egypt) has been in the hands of someone who is not
seeking freedom and is the enemy of those seeking freedom," the cleric said.
"Not only he is not anti-Zionist, but he is the companion, colleague, confidant
and servant of Zionists. It is a fact that Hosni Mubarak's servitude to America
has been unable to take Egypt one step towards prosperity." He lashed out at
former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, saying Iran had reports that
he was a "US puppet and linked to the CIA." Khamenei also said that Israel had
cause to be concerned about the Arab revolts.
"Today more than the fleeing Tunisian and Egyptian officials, Israelis and the
Zionist enemies are the most worried about these events as they know if Egypt
stops being their ally and takes its rightful place, it would be a great event
in the region," he said. Tehran-Cairo ties were severed in 1980 following the
Islamic revolution in Iran and Egypt's recognition of Israel. The two countries
have since only maintained interest sections in their respective capitals.
Without naming Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the UN nuclear agency, who
claims endorsement from disparate opposition groups from secular students to
the Muslim Brotherhood, Khamenei warned Egyptians against compromising with any
leader who might win Western approval. "They are trying to replace one spy
with another. They are trying to focus the spotlight on certain faces to impose
the rule of the spies on you. Do not accept anything less than an independent
popular regime that believes in Islam," he said.
Khamenei said the West's calculations for the region have gone wrong and cited
Tehran's nuclear controversy as an example of a "political mistake" made by
Western powers. Washington and other world powers suspect Iran is making
weapons under the guise of a civilian nuclear programme. Iran denies the charge.
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