MNA� Judiciary head has said infiltration through soft means as elections had been a continuing trend inside the country with circles acting on behalf of the US.


Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani who was addressing a meeting of Judiciary high-ranking officials on Monday, said all parties and political groups should observe the ethics of the elections to avoid vilification and false scandal. �All groups and parties along the public should act according to specific rules the law sets upon the election campaign; executive and supervising bodies should also be on high alert to protect the election process from infiltration by the insider circles acting on behalf of the enemies especially the US,� he told the meeting.

�There have been undercurrents that specific circles are still active and have strong footholds inside the country which try to infiltrate political processes including elections; they [enemies] will try other means to compromise the system through soft war when they fail to do so via military means,� Amoli Larijani warned, �their movements should be strictly monitored inside; efforts to display a distorted image of the system and officials and downplaying the very act of elections should also be warned against.�

Amoli Larijani warned against a trend where parties and groups stick to the shibboleth �end will justify the means;� �presidential elections is supposed to elect the highest executive official and thus is important; this should not be forlorn or overshadowed by short-term objectives set by parties; such a win would be short-lived but will definitely jeopardize�the greater good of the country,� he objected.

Still in a different story, Amoli Larijani turned to Tehran International Conference on Palestine where he extended gratitude for the organizers of the event; �the event has been an effective means to put the Palestinian issue in the spotlight again to the consternation of the Zionist regime who had been working to de-prioritize the issue within the Islamic world,� he concluded.