Iran major regional power with int’l leverage: Parliament Speaker

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the country is also growing stronger every day.

“The Islamic Establishment [of Iran], getting stronger day by day at strategic levels, has been moving along, and now, as an important regional power, has turned into an influential player in the international arena,” he said on Sunday.

The top parliamentarian underlined that Iran has stood up to the enemy’s all-out campaign at military, political, economic, security and cultural fronts.

“The volume and intensity of hegemonic powers’ enmity [toward Iran] with all their powerful media, economic, political and intelligence tools bear testimony to the fact that the Islamic Revolution [of Iran] has, as a role model, turned into the most important rival for global hegemony,” he said.

Ghalibaf said Iran’s growing regional prowess has resulted in the country’s deep strategic and geopolitical leverage, IFP reported.

“It is also an opportunity which has turned Iran into a symbol of resistance against oppressors, and given Iran’s increasing deterrence power, no enemy dares encroach upon this land,” he added.