The Iran Project - In a meeting with the members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Supreme Assembly, Iranian Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the IRGC as the world's largest anti-terrorism organization.

On Thursday morning, the members of the IRGC's Supreme Assembly met with Ayatollah Khamenei, the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Armed Forces, in Tehran.

�One of the main parts of the enemy�s activities is to tarnish the image of the IRGC and that of Basij (volunteer forces). Why is that? Because the IRGC is awe-inspiring, Basij is impressive, which makes them (enemies) worried and anxious,� the Leader remarked.

Enemies have no avenue to tarnish the reputation of the IRGC other than through �false news, rumors and all kinds of tricks and ploys,� he noted.

�(The IRGC) is a well-equipped military organization. It is an efficient and independent organization capable of carrying out tasks that many of the world's major militaries cannot accomplish,� Ayatollah Khamenei stressed.

Ayatollah Khamenei then gave an explanation of how the IRGC stood apart from other forces that emerged in the early stages of big revolutions such as the French Revolution and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.

Those forces often exhibited destructive tendencies, disorderliness, and a lack of discipline, whereas the IRGC was structured �under the central authority� of the Islamic Revolution from the beginning, he stated.