Publication of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's 1999 Speech

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a historic speech in 1379, which has now been published for the first time. The speech was given in a meeting with tens of thousands of young people at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla in Ordibehesht of that year. The main theme of the speech was resistance against enemy pressure and refusing imposed peace.

• In his 1379 speech, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that if the enemy exerts great pressure, it cannot impose an event like the peace of Imam Hassan.
• He further added that under such conditions, the event of Karbala will occur.
• The speech has been published under the title “The One Who Stood Ashura-like.”
• The speech was delivered in a meeting with tens of thousands of young people.
• The venue of the meeting was Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla.
• The time of the speech was stated as Ordibehesht 1379.
• Ayatollah Ali Khamenei explicitly said in part of his speech: “Neither America nor anything greater than America.”. Coverage difference: All three sources emphasized the “first-time publication” and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s “historic speech in 1379.” IRNA and Mehr both referred to the quote, “If the enemy applies too much pressure, it cannot impose something like the event of Imam Hassan’s peace; rather, the event of Karbala will occur here,” while Akharin Khabar addressed the venue details (Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla), the audience (tens of thousands of young people), and also the quote, “Neither America nor anything greater than America.”