Iran’s Foreign Policy Based on Islam

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underscored that Iran’s foreign policy is based on the country’s Constitution and its criteria is Islam.

News ID: 3433402

Date: 02 November 2015 - 09:01

Speaking in a meeting with officials from the Foreign Ministry on Sunday, Ayatollah Khamenei added that Iran’s stances on other countries and different issues should have religious qualities.

His Eminence also stressed that implementing revolutionary polices in all fields, including in the field of diplomacy, will lead to enhanced power and influence and elevation of the country’s status.

Elsewhere in the address, the Supreme Leader said the United States is behind a major part of the existing problems in the region, not a solution to them.

Rejecting foreign propaganda about “compulsory or self-imposed” changes in Iran’s foreign policy, Ayatollah Khamenei said such an analysis on the part of the Western countries “stems from the pressure [exerted on them as a result] of this reality that the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic, at least at regional level, has prevented unrivaled jockeying of hegemonic powers, especially America like a strong barrier” and this is why they always aspire these policies to be changed.

The Leader added that Iran’s foreign policy, like all world countries, is predicated upon long-term interests, principles and values of the country and will not change with administrations holding different political views.

Ayatollah Khamenei said the impact of different administrations only goes as far as the tactics and executive initiatives of the country’s foreign policy strategies.

He emphasized that the US objectives in the Middle East are diametrically opposed to those of Iran.

The Leader further pointed to the four-year crisis in Syria and said holding elections is the solution to the Arab country’s conflict.

Ayatollah Khamenei stressed that financial and military support for militants must first be terminated to end war and unrest in Syria so that the Syrian people would be able to elect who they wish in a secure and safe atmosphere.

The Leader also said the partitioning of Iraq into Shia Arab, Sunni Arab and Kurdish regions is completely against its national interests and is an “impractical, meaningless and unacceptable” plan.

Ayatollah Khamenei also referred to the recent conclusion of nuclear talks between Iran and world powers (Russia, China, the US, France, Britain and Germany), and praised the Iranian team of negotiators for defending the country’s objectives in the talks.

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