HAARETZ: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's comments come as Iranian President Ahmadinejad says global Islamic awakening is toppling murderous and corrupt world powers.The United States will suffer the same defeat as that experienced by despotic Mideast regimes, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying by Iran's Fars news agency on Thursday, as the country's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared the era of worldwide "hegemonic powers" was over.
In a meeting with Iranian officials in Tehran, Khamenei, referring to recent Mideast turmoil, which had seen regimes changes in both Tunisia and Egypt, said that it was God's will that the United States would too be defeated by what he sees as an Islamic revolution.
"Not only corrupted and despotic rulers but the United States and other world powers with an aggressive nature will finally suffer a defeat by nations and God's promises will come true," Khamenei said.
The Supreme Leader's comments came after Iran's President, also speaking in Thursday, said that murderous and corrupt world powers were collapsing as a result of a global Islamic awakening. >>> Haaretz Service | Thursday, March 10, 2011
