Ayatollah Aarafi in response to Al-Azhar: Why do you call the defending country of Iran an aggressor?

Is it fair to ignore the crimes of America and Israel?

In a letter to the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayeb, the director of the Iranian seminaries, while requesting a review of the institution's recent statement, emphasized that the Islamic Republic of Iran is defending itself and called ignoring the crimes of America and Israel against the Iranian people "a violation of justice and religious standards."

◽In recent history, there is no memory of the Islamic Republic of Iran initiating a war or conflict among Muslims. We have always adhered to good neighborliness and avoiding aggression, and now we have been subjected to blatant aggression and oppression.

It is regrettable that many Islamic countries ignore this clear truth and fail morally, humanely, and religiously in condemning this blatant cruelty.

The targeting of thousands of civilian centers, and the martyrdom of key scholars and leaders of crimes, headed by the assassination of #Imam_Khamenei, who was an active authority in the Ummah and the greatest support for the call for unity and solidarity. Indeed, ignoring the fact that the American and Israeli occupying forces began this aggression with widespread and horrific destruction

The Al-Azhar statement, despite our appreciation for it for its concern to stop the war and bloodshed, has addressed the consequences and results of the conflict and ignored the main causes of this disaster.

The statement spoke of a limited countermeasure, remained silent about the principle of aggression, and ignored the thousands of innocent civilian victims who died under the bombardment and destruction.

We are all expected to deal with the plight of the Ummah wisely and with penetrating insight. Therefore, we propose that a deep and comprehensive bond be re-established between the scholars of the Islamic world, and especially between the scholars of Qom and Al-Azhar.

Spoken of the headquarters of the Holy Prophet (PBUH):

Following previous warnings, if Iran's fuel and energy infrastructure is violated by the enemy, all energy, information technology and desalination infrastructure belonging to the US and the regime in the region will be targeted

In this article, Alexander Dugin (a prominent advisor to Putin) emphasizes Iran’s steadfastness as a model for Russia and calls for the formation of a conservative Russian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Iran is an example of endurance, spiritual integrity, patience, courage and uncompromising will. It is a model for us. It inspires our warriors and we, like Iran, will stand until victory, and Iran is winning right now.

Trump’s speeches are chaotic and becoming more and more pathetic. Today he said: You know, it’s a little unfair. You win the war, but they have no right to do that.

All these Western thugs think and talk like that. When Iranian or Russian children are killed, they deserve it; But as soon as they themselves have to sacrifice something, suddenly everything becomes unfair.

With such people of the Epstein clan, one can only speak from a position of power. Iran acts exactly like that, and this method is absolutely correct. Iran burned the statue of Baal. Baal responded, but a force is emerging that will stand even with Baal. The civilization of light will destroy Epstein's civilization; there is no doubt about that.

We have been at war with the West for four years now, but we have never seriously and openly spoken of victory over it. While Iran speaks of victory and sets conditions for the West from a position of power and is winning.

We must be more decisive. And of course, we must fundamentally put an end to the entire Yeltsin legacy, because its entirety is dragging us back like a heavy burden.

Meanwhile, neither Iran nor China have expressed the slightest complaint or reproach against us. This means that our path is correct. We are fighting for a multipolar world, and we must continue on this path. However, all those half-measures hidden in the strategy have lost their effectiveness.

To win, first of all, a great and steadfast will is needed. Iran is a living example of the practical meaning of this will for us.

And another point:

I believe that Russia should form the conservative Revolutionary Guard Corps of Russia. This should be the main pillar of Russia; a coherent, sent and purely ideological force. Just as the Communist Party of China is in China and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is in Iran. Only then will the country be safe.

The battalion did not notice the loss of a fighter, Yegor Letov thought deeply about these words: there was no beginning, there was no end. The battalion did not notice the loss of a fighter, what do these sentences mean?

The idea is more valuable than individuals.

The soul is superior to the body.

The homeland is above death.

This is true of a soldier on the front line; and of a mother raising her children — future fighters and mothers —; of a ruler looking down from his tower on a frozen city in anxiety; of an official who goes to the front line to stand with his people; of an artist who recreates heroism with his song; and of an engineer who builds a weapon to bring victory closer.

For all people, whether on the front line or behind the front line, nothing should be more important than God, the state, and the nation.

The “Conservative Revolutionary Guards of Russia” will ensure that no one deviates from this path.

Only in unity can we defeat the enemy. And let “the battalion not notice the loss of a single fighter”—for from the shattered and magical body of each martyr, thousands of new Russian souls will rise and mobilize for the eternal front of the “War of Light.”

The individual is not unimportant; he is very important, but only when he is full of light, and the less of “self” in us, the more of God in us.

Source: Strategic Assessment Analytical Database

American journalist Ethan Levins:

Day 21 of Operation Epstein's Fury

- Russian oil lifted from sanctions

- Iranian oil lifted from sanctions

- Ships pay Iran $2 million to pass through the Strait of Hormuz

- A trillion dollars wiped out of the {American} stock market

- ​​F-35 proven useless

- American bases under constant attack

- Khamenei replaced with Khamenei.

The head of Hezbollah's Liaison and Coordination Unit, Wafiq Safa, says the Lebanese resistance is ready for a long war with the Israeli regime and has many surprises in store.

In a statement released on Monday, Safa said that Hezbollah has many surprises for the Israeli regime, especially regarding “offensive drones” and will not abandon this war until it has defeated the occupying entity.

“After the resistance has ended this war, it will force the Lebanese government to recognize Hezbollah’s military operations as a necessary part of the country’s security and defense against Israel,” he concluded.

Indonesia, amid domestic criticism, has refused to make any financial commitments to join the US-backed Gaza initiative as a permanent member.

President Prabowo Subianto said his country would not pay the $1 billion required for permanent membership of the so-called peacekeeping force, and insisted that Jakarta's role would be limited to a "potential peacekeeping contribution."

"We never said we wanted to contribute $1 billion," Prabowo said in statements posted on his YouTube channel on Sunday.

He added that Indonesia had made "no financial commitments at all."

Limited role and possible withdrawal

Prabhow said Indonesia's participation would be limited to providing "peacekeeping" troops, following previous commitments to send 8,000 personnel to Gaza. However, he noted that Jakarta's participation remained conditional.

He stated that Indonesia could withdraw from the plan if it did not benefit the Palestinians or was not in line with national interests.

Indonesia's state news agency reported that talks with Washington on any deployment of "peacekeeping forces" had also been "suspended," citing a spokesman for the country's foreign ministry.

The Iranian Navy says its defensive and anti-aircraft systems have successfully detected and destroyed two drones belonging to the terrorist army of the United States.

In a statement released on Monday, the Iranian Navy said two offensive-suicide drones belonging to the US army were immediately detected over Bandar-Abbas before they could inflict any damage upon naval forces.

It added that with these two drones, the Iranian nation-wide defensive systems have destroyed a total of 129 enemy drones.

A withering critique from longtime Washington insider and former top spy Leon Panetta has intensified scrutiny of US President Donald Trump’s handling of the war against Iran.

In an interview with the Guardian newspaper on Sunday, Panetta, who previously also served as the US defense secretary (now war secretary), warned that the United States finds itself ensnared in a rapidly deteriorating crisis with few viable paths forward.

He portrayed an administration led by Trump that has slipped into a precarious position after weeks of unprovoked and unjustified aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which began with the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on February 28.

He said Trump is "stuck between a rock and a hard place" and warned that his administration's approach projects an image of weakness on the international stage.

Panetta, a veteran of Democratic administrations spanning decades, did not hold back in his critique of the incumbent US president's decision-making style.

He said Trump has displayed a tendency toward naivety regarding the unpredictable nature of wars, saying the president appears to operate under the belief that simply repeating assertions might make them come true.

Such conduct, Panetta noted, was more “befitting of children than of presidents.”

His remarks came as the Iranian retaliatory operations continue to inflict heavy blows on the US military infrastructure in the region, decimating radars, drones and fighter jets.

The strategic waterway of the Strait of Hormuz also remains closed to US vessels, which has led to a dramatic rise in energy prices across the world.

Iran's Defense Council says the passage of non-hostile vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is possible only via coordination with Iranian officials, amid ongoing US-Israeli aggression against Iran.

In a statement released on Monday, the Council underscored that Iranian Armed Forces will deliver a decisive and destructive response to any act of aggression against their nation's power plants and energy infrastructure without hesitation.

Iran struck the Dimona nuclear complex in the Israeli-occupied territories in reprisal for the attack on Natanz nuclear facility, and targeted US interests in retaliation for the attack on energy infrastructure in the southern gas-rich Asalouyeh region.

Iran's Defense Council also warned that any attempts by enemies to attack Iranian coasts or islands in the Persian Gulf waters would prompt Iranian forces to lay various types of naval mines along all maritime transition routes, and the move would be within the framework of their legitimate right and in accordance with accepted military statutes.

This would consequently create a situation in the Persian Gulf similar to the status quo in the Strait of Hormuz, and would freeze maritime activities in the strategic water body, it added.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has launched a fresh wave of retaliatory airstrikes, targeting military infrastructure belonging to the hostile US and Israeli regimes.

In a statement released on Monday, the IRGC’s Public Relations Department announced that it had successfully conducted the 76th wave of attacks as part of Operation True Promise-4, as part of the ongoing retaliation against illegal US-Israeli aggression against Iran.

During the operation, powerful drones, along with liquid-fuel Qiam and solid-fuel Zulfaqar missiles, struck the United States’ Fifth Naval Fleet, as well as its bases of al-Dhafra, Victoria, and Prince Sultan across the region, it said.

The Zionist regime’s military infrastructure in Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, Haifa, and Gush Dan were also targeted with heavy, solid-liquid and navigable missiles such as Kheybar Shekan and Qiam.

The elite military force said, “The sustained firing of Iranian missiles and drones, their passing through the enemy’s advanced air defense systems, and their effective and widespread hitting of strategic targets have annulled the claims and delusions of warmongering American and Zionist officials about the destruction of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s missile and naval capability.”

In an earlier statement on Monday, the IRGC said the drone unit of its Ground Force had carried out a massive attack against the positions and places of gathering of separatists in Erbil, in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region.

It noted that the operation took place as part of the 75th wave of Iranian retaliatory strikes against the enemies.

“The enemies will be safe nowhere. We will find them (the enemies), whose fates have already been announced,” it warned.

Meanwhile, the IRGC said the 75th wave of Iranian attacks involved the targeting of new military deployments and hiding places of Israeli troops across the occupied Palestinian territories.

Ballistic missiles were also fired at Prince Sultan Air Base in al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia, which is a key hub for US aggressors' deployments and anti-Iran aerial assaults, it added.

The US and Israel launched their criminal act of aggression against Iran on February 28 by assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, along with senior military commanders, in flagrant violation of the country’s sovereignty.

The enemies have deliberately targeted Iran’s civilian infrastructure and energy facilities, killing hundreds of Iranian people.

Iran began to swiftly retaliate against the terrorist military assault by launching barrages of missile and drone attacks on the Israeli-occupied lands as well as on US bases and assets in regional countries.

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