TEHRAN (FNA)- Lieutenant Commander of Basij (volunteer) Forces Brigadier General Ali Fazli underlined Iran's influence in the region, and said that the country has set a model of resistance for the regional countries.

"If we see resistance in the regional countries it is because they have taken model from Iran's resistance during the 1980-88 Iraqi-imposed war against Iran," Brigadier General Fazli said, addressing a ceremony in the city of Mashhad, Northeastern Iran.

He reiterated that the Lebanese resistance has also taken model from Iran and the country's resistance during 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war and the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

In mid-June 2012, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei praised the resistance shown by the Iranian nation against the enemies� plots and conspiracies, and said that the country has become a role model of resistance for the other nations despite all enemy efforts.

Addressing a group of Iranian officials, Muslim envoys and representatives here in Tehran at the time, Ayatollah Khamenei said that the Iranian nation�s honor and might are a clear example of the outcomes of resistance.

The leader pointed to the world arrogant powers� collaboration on confronting the Islamic Republic, and stated, �In the past 33 years, our wise nation and our dear country have been subjected to non-stop conspiracies of all the world powers which tried to, if possible, prevent Iran which is a live example of resistance and progress from becoming a role model in the other nations� eyes.�

By Fars News Agency