“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”
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei said during the Friday prayer sermons in Tehran that Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is a “servant” of Israel and the United States. “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,” Imam Khamenei 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.” Sayyed Khamenei said Israel was the most concerned about the Arab revolts as they know if Egypt stops being their ally and take its rightful place, it would be a great event in the region. Ayatollah Khamenei said their plots however will have no effect on the Iranian nation. His eminence said the Iranian nation's voice is echoed in the countries of the Muslim world, pointing to the Tunisia revolution and Egypt uprising. “Today, developments in North Africa, [including] Egypt, Tunisia and some other countries have a special meaning for the Iranian nation,” the Leader stated. “This is what was always referred to as the Islamic awakening created by the victory of the great revolution of the Iranian nation,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in his comments during the Friday prayer sermons in Tehran. Ayatollah Khamenei noted that Tunisia's former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was dependent on the US and even the CIA.Sayyed Khamenei: Egypt Uprising Sign of Islamic Awakening
