We like Christians and feel an affection and friendship for them. Christians helped their Muslim compatriots during the Revolution and the Imposed Iran-Iraq War. I witnessed firsthand how the Christians used their technical power in serving the war and defending their home and homeland along with their other compatriots against the invading enemy. Iranian Christians are not considered to be outsiders in the Islamic Republic of Iran and they are indeed part of the great nation of Iran. I too have a good feeling about my Christian fellow countrymen and women.
Imam Khamenei
July 21, 1997
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