TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that relying on the western states will not contribute to the country's scientific growth, state TV reported.

"Looking to the West and Europe has no benefit other than having to stand still, begging favors and undergoing humiliation," Khamenei said in a meeting with scientific elites in the capital Tehran on Wednesday.

Instead, Iranian nation should take the countries in the East as an example for its scientific progress, he was quoted as saying by Press TV.

Khamenei warned the Iranian scientific elites of what he called wars imposed against Iran on "economic, political and security" fronts, and urged them not to remain indifferent in the face of such challenges.

"If we make progress on the scientific path, the threats posed by the enemies of our civilization, politics and economy will be aborted," he said.