Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made the remarks in nationwide military parades marking National Army Day and currently underway on the vicinity of the shrine of the Founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, adding “the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, as ordered by Imam Khoemini and following the strategy laid by commander-in-chief of the armed forces Ayat. Khameni, belongs to the nation as a whole and not to a specific group or political party.”
“The Iranian Army is the army of Islam, Islamic system and the whole Iranian nation,” said Rouhani. “This army defends our establishment, homeland, laws, prestige, and national interests.”
