Before the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the dominant powers through their propaganda and show of power could convince the nations and the weak leaders that they could not confront them and that any move to become independent of the superpowers was doomed to fail. Through their propaganda and due to the weakness of governments, the big powers had created a false sanctuary for themselves, and the very trick had caused the nations to ignore their own power, belief and determination in defeating the powers. The Islamic Revolution astonished the entire world through defeating the oppressive monarch, that enjoyed strong international support, and then through its astonishing resistance against both the United States and former Soviet Union, by raising the slogan of "neither East nor West", the seizure of the US Den of Espionage (US Embassy in Tehran), and through the resistance it put up against the eight years of Iraqi aggression that enjoyed the support of most powers of the power, led by the United States, Zionism and the West. All these developments also demonstrated the hollowness of the domineering powers and convinced the nations that their will, faith and millions-strength move could really overpower the systems which are equipped with the most sophisticated weapons.
"Among other features of the modern world our honorable Imam and Revolution created in the world include the principle of liberation from domination, occupation and sphere of influence of the great powers; and also the fact that a nation by relying on itself and trust in God in confronting an oppressive power does not trust or rely on anybody or does not trust any power; it was the path our nation started under the leadership of our honorable Imam and today this path is finding a large number of followers in the world."[34]
"As a superpower, the United States was strong, but today it is not. In how many parts of the world today you observe that the people set the effigy of the US president or its flag on fire? In how many places of the world the nations and masses raise their fists and chant "death to US"? Once you were the only ones to raise this slogan and others would advise you not to do so; but today people chant "death to US" in Europe and in farthest parts of Asia, in the countries under the US influence and in the countries controlled by regimes similar to that of the United States. Your revolution did it; that is, it undermined the false sanctity of the international bullies and superpowers"[35]
The main bulwark against the attempts of great powers to suppress the Islamic Revolution or to distort its image was its spiritual and divine values. Of course the will and unity of nations can defeat the domineering powers, but the divine values created fervor in this country and in the hearts of the faithful youth that threatens the existence of the arrogance. As a result the arrogance not only feels that it is unable to confront the Islamic Revolution, but it is incapable of confronting Islamic movements in other countries, such as Lebanon, Palestine and Afghanistan; neither is it able to contain the movements in non-Islamic countries whether within the Islamic geography or in the West.
"Another message of our revolution was that the material powers are helpless in confronting the spiritual values and the movement and determination of the masses. The greatest sign of the helplessness of the arrogant systems that rely on material power is that the revolution, the system and genuine Islam have survived in Islamic Iran and become stronger and rooted every day. It is now several years that the arrogant systems, with all available means, have come to the scene to confront the revolutionary Islam and the Islamic Revolution. Nevertheless, the Islamic Republic, the Islamic Revolution and the message of Islam survived and became deeper and more widespread. Today, you observe strong signs of the inclination of the Muslims towards return to the fundamentals of Islam in Asia, Africa and other parts of the world where the Muslims live. It means that the arrogant front is not able to confront."[36]