TABNAK, Jan 28: Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks on Tuesday during a meeting with a group of Iranian officials and ambassadors of Muslim countries to Tehran on the occasion of Eid al-Mab’ath, marking the Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) divine appointment as the final messenger of God.
The Leader said that the US is under the influence of the world's leading financial powers.
The world's bullying and evil powers have a "covetous eye" on the countries’ and nations’ natural resources, authentic culture and their national and Islamic identify, and seek to destroy or plunder them, he warned.
"Today, the description that we give for colonialism and arrogance is entirely manifested by the US government, which is itself under the influence of the world's financial powers," the Leader stated.
"That is, the world's super financial powers today dominate a number of Western governments, mostly perhaps the US government. The so-called cartels and trusts and the like are the ones who are planning all three stages of colonialism."
Ayatollah Khamenei also noted that the resistance, which began in the Islamic Iran, brought some Muslim nations to the scene, and awakened the consciences of many non-Muslims.
Referring to the developments in the Gaza Strip, the Leader said the small territory brought the Zionist regime, which is armed to the teeth and fully supported by the US, to its knees.
Elsewhere in his remarks, the Leader said friends and foes thought that the martyrdom of the Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, had eliminated Lebanon's resistance movement.
However, he added, "Hezbollah showed that not only was it not terminated, but it was further inspired to stand up to the Zionist regime."
