"Since long ago, enemies have continuously sought to find faults with the Iranian nation in a bid to find a ploy against the nation and the Islamic establishment," Ayatollah Kashani said, addressing a large and fervent congregation of worshippers on Tehran University Campus here on Friday.
The remarks by the senior cleric alluded to the interfering role of certain Western countries in the post-election events in Iran.
After incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected as the next president of the country with over 62% percent of the votes cast in Iran's 10th presidential election, supporters of his main rival Mir Hossein Mousavi - who rejected the results - took to the streets of Tehran and other cities in daily rallies.
The Islamic Republic repeatedly condemned and cautioned certain western leaders, particularly Britain, about their remarks on Iran's internal affairs following the June 12 presidential election. Iran later accused the West of stoking the unrests, singling out Britain and the US for meddling and expelled two British diplomats and arrested a number of local staffs of British embassy in Tehran.
Elsewhere in his sermon, Ayatollah Kashani referred to the massive turnout in the June 12 presidential election, and stressed that all the 40 million people who participated in the voting shared the same goal and moved on the same path towards Iran's honor and glory
"All the four presidential candidates also shared the very same spirit," he reiterated.
After incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won over his three rivals Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Mohsen Rezaei with almost 25 million votes and could secure himself a second term in office, western media outlets strove to portray the defeated candidates as the opposition to the Islamic Republic.
This is while, the candidates themselves as well as a large number of senior Iranian officials, including the Supreme Leader, have repeatedly underlined all the four nominees' loyalty to the Islamic establishment.
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