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The Great Satan (Persian شيطان بزرگ, Shaytan Bozorg) is a common epithet for the United States of America in Iranian foreign policy statements. Ayatollah Khomeini used the terms Iblis and Shaitan, both Islamic terms for the devil, or Satan. The post of Supreme Leader (Persian: ولی فقیه or رهبر, Rahbar, literally leader) was created in the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran as the highest ranking political authority of the nation (see Guardianship of the jurists (doctrine)). Other Persian terms include the Valiye-Faqih (sometimes shortened to Faqih) or the Jurisprudent... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The President of Iran holds a very important office in Irans political establishment. ...   (Persian: , IPA: , transcribed into English as Mahmud or Mahmood, Ahmadinezhad, Ahmadi-Nejad, Ahmadi Nejad, Ahmady Nejad) (born October 28, 1956) is the sixth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ... The Guardian Council of the Constitution (شورای نگهبان قانون اساسی in Persian) is a high office within the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran which has the authority to interpret the constitution and to determine if the laws passed by the parliament are in line with the constitution of Iran. ... Ahmad Jannati (born in Esfahan in 1926) (Persian: ‎ ​) is an Iranian ayatollah and political figure. ... مجلس شورای اسلامی - The Majles; Irans Parliament. ... Haddad-Adel Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel (غلامعلی حداد عادل in Persian) born in 1945 in Tehran, Iran, is the chairman of the Iranian Parliament. ... The current judicial system of Iran was implemented and established by Ali Akbar Davar and some of his contemporaries. ... Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (آیت‌الله سید محمود هاشمی شاهرودی) (Born 1948 in Najaf, Iraq) is an Iranian politician and Shia cleric. ... The Assembly of Experts (also Assembly of Experts for the Leadership) of Iran (Persian: مجلس خبرگان رهبری, Majles-e-Khobregan), is a congressional body for selecting the Supreme Leader and supervising his activities. ... The Expediency Discernment Council of the System (Persian: مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام), is an establishment in the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran. ... President Rafsanjani Akbar Hashemi Bahramani kharkosteh (Persian: اکبر هاشمی بهرمانی), famously known as Hashemi Rafsanjani (هاشمی رفسنجانی) (born August 25, 1934) is one of the most... Supreme National Security Council is a body within the Islamic Republic of Iran the secretary whereof is Ali Larijani. ... Ali Larijani while lecturing for his presidential campaign at Sharif University of Technology in March, 2005. ... The Ministry of Intelligence and National Security (وزارت اطلاعات), is the primary intelligence agency of Iran. ... The December 1979 constitution, and its 1989 amendment, define the political, economic, and social order of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ... City and Village Councils (full title is: Provincial, City, District and Village Councils) are local councils which are elected by public vote in all cities and villages throughout Iran. ... Political parties in Iran lists political parties in Iran. ... Politics of Iran Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Iran ... The newly renovated building of Irans Ministry of Foreign Affairs uses pre-Islamic Persian architecture extensively in its facade. ... The December 1979 constitution, and its 1989 amendment, define the political, economic, and social order of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Persian is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran (Persia), Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... An epithet (Greek - επιθετον and Latin - epitheton; literally meaning imposed) is a descriptive word or phrase. ... Ayatollah Khomeini founded the first modern Islamic republic Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini (آیت‌الله روح‌الله خمینی in Persian) (May 17, 1900 – June 3, 1989) was an Iranian Shia cleric and the political... IblÄ«s (Arabic إبليس), is the primary devil in Islam. ... Shayṭān (شيطان) is not the equivalent in Islam of Satan in Christianity. ... Gustave Dorés depiction of Satan from John Miltons Paradise Lost Satan from Hebrew for accuser (Standard Hebrew: , Satan Tiberian Hebrew ; Koine Greek: , Satanás; Aramaic: , ; Arabic: , , Slavic Сатана) is a term with its origins in the Abrahamic faiths which is traditionally applied to an angel. ...

Khomeini is quoted as saying on November 5, 1979, "[Americans] are the great Satan, the wounded snake." During and after the Iranian Revolution similar appellations (to "The Great Satan") were used for the Western World and to a lesser extent the Soviet Union, which was labeled as the Small Satan. Israel is these days sometimes depicted as "The Little Satan". Protestors take to the street in support of Ayatollah Khomeini. ... See Occident (movement) for the French political movement. ...

The term was extensively during and after the Iranian Revolution, but it continues to be in use in some Iranian political circles. Use of the term at rallies is often accompanied by shouts of Marg bar Amrika! ("Death to America!"). The term has also found use in political statements of non-Iranian Islamic fundamentalist political or guerilla groups. Protestors take to the street in support of Ayatollah Khomeini. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Islamism. ...

The idea of the US as Satanic seducer is thought to derive from the 1950s writings of Islamist ideologue Sayyid Qutb, who is an icon amongst many Islamists. Qutb spent 2 years in the United States (in the 1950s) on a study mission on behalf of the Egyptian government. The 1950s was the decade spanning the years 1950 to 1959. ... Sayyid Qutb Sayyid Qutb (Arabic: ‎; 9 October 1906 – 29 August 1966) was an Egyptian intellectual author, and Islamist associated with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. ...

He returned to write disdainfully United States and western culture. Of church hall dances “where people of both sexes meet, mix and touch”, he noted that these were held under the very eyes of ministers “who even go so far as to dim the lights to facilitate the fury of the dance … (T)he dance is inflamed by the notes of a gramophone (and) the dance hall becomes a whirl of heels and thighs, arms enfold hips, lips and breasts meet, and the air is full of lust.”

The terms “a good time” and “fun” are cited untranslated in Qutb's work as the shameless ideals most sought by Americans and those catered for by their churches.

The term has been discussed extensively and addressed within the context of US-Iranian relations by some members of the United States foreign policy establishment. Former US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, argued: "Far from being the great Satan, I would say we are the great protector. The United States rebuilt Europe and Japan after World War II, defeated Communism and fascism and the only land we ever asked for was enough land to bury our dead."[1] General Colin Luther Powell, United States Army (Ret. ...

See also

• U.S.-Iran relations
• Politics of Iran
• Axis of Evil

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• The Great Satan by Kavitha Rao, April 26, 2000
• 'Great Satan' warned of a burning hell by Ian Black, The Guardian, February 16, 2005