TEHRAN (FNA)- Revolutions and popular uprisings sweeping the region have been inspired by Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution and the Late Founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, a senior Iranian official underscored.
"The Islamic awakening in the region has been inspired by a model developed by Imam Khomeini (to help) nations find the bright path of truth," Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi stated.
He called on Iranian officials to maintain their unity and to make serious efforts to promote the model created by Imam Khomeini.
Speaking to the Islamic republic news agency on Saturday, Moslehi expressed hope that "all nations and states would be influenced by the Islamic Revolution."
Earlier, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei had also underscored the profound and vast influence of Iran's Islamic Revolution on the growing wave of Islamic awakening in the region, and voiced confidence about the desirable outcomes of the current popular uprisings.
"Thanks to Islam and Islamic Revolution, a public Islamic awakening has happened in the region today, which will definitely yield its results as it has already yielded its results in certain points," Ayatollah Khamenei said, addressing a group of Iranian people here in Tehran in April.
"The more the people's determination, faith and readiness for sacrifice grows, the higher the chances of victory will be," the Leader continued.
In recent months, a wave of revolutions and anti-government uprisings has been sweeping the Arab world.
In January, a revolution in Tunisia ended the 23-year ruling of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
In February, another Arab revolution led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after three decades of his authoritarian rule.
Other revolutions later erupted in Libya, Yemen and Bahrain, while other anti-government unrests are growing in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman, Kuwait and somehow Algeria.