Leader urges IRGC to keep up 'great efforts'

TEHRAN, (MNA) – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has hailed the strong efforts by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in defending the Islamic Revolution, calling on the elite force to keep up the good work.

The Leader sent a message to the IRGC chief on the occasion of the Guards’ Day, which coincides with the birth anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam and grandson of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him).
"Send my greetings to all the Revolutionary Guards. May you be successful, God willing. Continue your worthy activities with strength,” the Leader told Major General Hussein Salami in the message.
The IRGC was formed on the order of Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution in a bid to protect the ideals of the Revolution and the country.
The military force, which is a branch of Iran’s Armed Forces, played a major role in defending the country during the 1980-88 Iraq-imposed war.
Over the past decades, it has successfully foiled conspiracies hatched by the enemies against the Islamic Republic and actively cooperated in construction, infrastructure and relief projects across Iran.
It has also been playing a momentous role in fighting regional terrorism, especially following the emergence of the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq and Syria.
In April 2019, former U.S. president Donald Trump designated the IRGC as "a foreign terrorist organization,” the first such move in the world by a country to impose sanctions on an official military force of another country.
Angered by the blows dealt by the IRGC to the U.S.-backed terrorists in Iraq and Syria, America under Trump ordered the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force.