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A senior Iranian cleric welcomed on Friday the establishment of an Islamic republic in Iraq and hailed the country\ufffds new constitution as one based on \ufffdIslamic precepts\ufffd.
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, who heads the powerful ultra-conservative Guardian Council, told worshippers in Tehran\ufffds Friday prayers, \ufffdFortunately, after years of effort and expectations in Iraq, an Islamic state has come to power and the constitution has been established on the basis of Islamic precepts\ufffd.
\ufffdWe must congratulate the Iraqi people and authorities for this victory\ufffd, he said.
Jannati, who is a top confidant of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that all justice-seeking counties of the world \ufffdhave no model other than the Islamic revolution in Iran to turn to\ufffd.
\ufffdLebanese Hezbollah and the state of Iraq are not the only supporters of the Islamic revolution\ufffd, he said.
Referring to the West as Global Arrogance, the hard-line cleric said, \ufffdNo matter how many stones they throw in our path, they cannot prevent the spread of the Islamic revolution in the world\ufffd.
\ufffdWe are the winners in the nuclear issue, too\ufffd, Jannati said. \ufffdThe way is paved for our progress and we just need to work hard\ufffd.
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Hmmm - that's what W says too - "It's hard work". Glad to see we're all on the same page on that. Also glad to provide the new model for creating an Islamic theocracy. Step 1 - pretend to be able to threaten the US with WMD.
Step 2 - get invaded to get secular government overthrown by US forces
Step 3 - resist the occupation using guerilla tactics while crafting a new constitution based on Islamic principles.