Iranhas turned into a stronghold which cannot be conquered by Americans, Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Thursday in a local meeting in the provincial city of Jahrom in the southern province of Fars, IRNA reported.
"While we are witnessing the emergence of democracy in the region, West is trying to deny it," the speaker said.
'The Islamic states should not be denied of the right to take part in the scene of international developments,' Larijani stressed referring to the recent regional and international political changes.
Large-scale anti-governmental protests were held in Egypt. Thousands of people in different cities across the country went to the streets, demanding President Hosni Mubarak's resignation and the dissolution of parliament. The unrests in the country have killed at least 300 people and injuring over 4,000. A one million march passed at Tahrir Square in Cairo to demand the resignation of President Mubarak. As a result, on Friday, Mubarak announced about his resignation. The leadership passed to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
Mass anti-governmental rallies hit also in Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, Algeria, Jordan.