In a meeting this evening (Monday) with the heads of the three branches of the government, the establishment’s officials and staff and a group of the country’s managers, Leader of the Islamic Republic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei described the trust of all the voters in the ballot box of the Islamic establishment election as the most important reality of the May 19 election and stressing the importance of the creation of a new climate of cooperation, struggle and effort for the progress of Iran and the promotion of the establishment, added, "For the proper governance of the country and the management of opportunities and threats, while using experiences, the most important of which are national unity and distrust in the US, correct criteria for decision-making must be relied upon and the most important of these criteria is ‘the fulfillment of real national interests’ namely interests which are not in contradiction with the national and revolutionary identity of the nation.”
At the beginning of his speech, Ayatollah Khamenei described the auspicious
month of Ramadan as a golden and apt opportunity for "supplication before God
Almighty” and "illuminating the hearts,” reiterating, "Achieving lofty goals and
demands hinges upon connection with God and sincere and faithful efforts and if
the Islamic and revolutionary society neglects the remembrance of and
supplication to God, it will receive blows.”
Taking a glance at the issues of the day regarding the "May 19 election,” the
Leader of the Islamic Revolution said, "The election was a major achievement and
showed the power of the revolution and the depth of the influence of the Islamic
establishment in the hearts of the people, although global media outlets make no
mention of this important point at all in their extensive propaganda.”
He described the valuable deed of all the participants in the election as "the
expression of confidence in the Islamic establishment,” saying, "The joint feat
of the people, regardless of who they voted for, was that they ‘trusted’ the
ballot box of the Islamic Republic and the massive movement stipulated in the
Constitution, namely elections.”
Criticizing some people who are after dividing the public with incorrect
interpretations, Ayatollah Khamenei added, "The great job of the people in the
elections must not be ruined and spoiled with bickering and dividing the
people.”
Pointing to the brazen moves by the Americans in intensifying the sanctions and
beating the drums of hostility more than ever after the Iranian presidential
election, the Leader added, "Against these enmities, a new climate of
cooperation, struggle and effort must be created for reading the common
objective of ‘the country’s progress and promotion of the Islamic Republic’ and
everyone must join in and have a share in this atmosphere.”
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution described "struggle and resistance” as the
prerequisite for the realization of objectives and bringing the enemy down to
its knees, saying, "Everyone must help the officials of the country and the
officials, while caring for the people’s wellbeing, must also cooperate in
various areas with each other.”
Ayatollah Khamenei stressed, "My policy has always been and will be supporting
the sitting administrations and this will continue to hold true henceforth.”
Launching into his main argument, namely how to properly manage the country and
identify the correct path from the straying one, the Leader of the Islamic
Revolution said, "In the first step, the proper management of the country
requires the establishment of ‘the criteria for decision making and decision
shaping’ and in the next step, needs, ‘the utilization of the experiences of the
past 38 years’.”
Elaborating upon the criteria for correct decision making, Ayatollah Khamenei
pointed to "national interests” as the main criteria, adding, "Of course,
national interests are truly national interests when they are not in
contradiction with ‘the national and revolutionary identity of the Iranian
nation’.”
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution reiterated, "National interests must be
aligned with national identity, not national identity becoming a function of
issues under the title of national interests, because in reality such cases are
‘illusionary interests’ not national interests.”
Continuing, Ayatollah Khamenei clarified the meaning of national identity and
added, "Iran’s national identity is shaped upon the three elements of ‘being a
Muslim, being a revolutionary and historic depth’ and in defining national
identity these three elements must surely be taken into account.”
He said, "The officials of the country, whether the honorable administration,
the Judiciary, the Legislature and all of those making macro decisions, must
avoid any decision that is suspected of being incompatible or at variance with
the Revolution and the history of the Iranian nation.”
Stressing that the definition provided for national interests does not mean
ignoring the advances of humanity or depriving oneself from these progresses,
the Leader of the Islamic Revolution added, "Unfortunately, these days it has
become common place to extensively interpret some of the comments made by
officials. The definition of national interests in the framework of Islamic,
revolutionary, and historical identity must not be interpreted as the closure of
the path for making use of the advances of humanity.”
Ayatollah Khamenei drew attention to one important point regarding national
identity and stressed, "Our national interests must not be placed under foreign
imposition.”
Stressing that arrogant powers use different means to impose their will, he
added, "One of these tactics is the fulfillment of the interests of the arrogant
powers under the title of ‘international norms’, so that through this approach
they would accuse independent and anti-tyranny countries of violating norms.”
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution said, "In their recent remarks about Iran,
the Americans have been raising the issue of ‘instability in the region’ under
the rubric of international norms. Responding to them, it must be firstly said,
‘what does this have to do with you?’ And secondly, you and your agents are the
reason behind the instability of the region.”
TEHRAN (Basirat) :Pointing to the role of the Americans in founding the
Daesh group and the military and preparatory support for this group, Ayatollah
Khamenei reiterated, "The claim of forming a coalition against Daesh is a lie;
of course, Americans are against ‘an uncontained Daesh,’ but if anyone would
want to truly destroy Daesh, they (Americans) will counter them (anti-Daesh
forces).”
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution cited the US president’s recent allegation
of Iran supporting terrorism and the Americans’ human rights accusations against
Iran as being within the framework of norm-fabrication to ensure the interests
of the arrogant powers and reiterated, "It’s truly ridiculous that the Americans
speak of human rights alongside the tribal and medieval Saudi rulers and level
allegations against the Islamic Republic, which is the manifestation of
democracy, at a place where there is no trace of democracy and this will remain
as a historic stain of disgrace upon their foreheads.”
In the next part of his speech, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution turned to
the explanation of how to use experiences in the correct governance of the
country and the management of opportunities and threats.
The Leader pointed to the "decisive impact of national unity and integrity” in
the successes of the past four decades, adding, "This successful experience must
be used in the management of the country; of course, unity is not at odds with
expressing opposition to the policies of government institutions, but there
should be no bickering and dispute in the field of the country’s macro issues.”
Ayatollah Khamenei described "the bipolarization of the country” and "the
bisection of the people” as a dangerous experience, adding, "In the [Persian
calendar year] 1359 (1980-1981), the then president bipolarized the society and
divided the people into two groups of opponents and proponents. That experience
must not be repeated.”
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution described "an open distancing [oneself]
from the enemy” as facilitating national unity, adding, "The officials must
seriously distance [themselves] from the foreign enemy and its internal agents.”
Recalling the bitter experience of the incidents of the year 1388 (2008
post-election unrest), the Leader said, "In those incidents, some openly shouted
slogans against the principle of the Revolution and religious beliefs and as
there was no distinction against or distancing from them, the problems
languished.”
"Reliance upon internal capacities and prioritizing national production” was
another point that the Leader of the Revolution alluded to within the topic of
the correct management of the country.
He added, "The country possesses young, very good and efficient human resources
which have shown their capacities in the scientific advances such as in nuclear
energy and the helpful experience of benefiting from the youth must be used in
the other sectors of the country.”
Ayatollah Khamenei described "distrust in the enemy” as another fundamental and
serious experience that must be fully attended to in the management of the
country.
Ayatollah Khamenei added, "We could have not trusted the enemy but at some
points for some reasons, for example to strip the Americans of excuses, we
backed down and of course the excuse was not eliminated and we suffered a blow.”
The Leader of the Revolution stressed, "Wherever the job involves working with
foreigners, one should set out with precision, scrupulousness and complete care
and speak with such tone and language that trust in the enemy is not sensed in
it, because it will have negative effects both inside and outside [the
country].”
Pointing to the issue of JCPOA (nuclear agreement with the P5+1), Ayatollah
Khamenei said, "We trusted and trust the officials who followed this issue,
because we believe them to be faithful and belonging to us, but in some cases in
this issue, due to trusting the words of the opposite side, we overlooked some
issues or did not make the necessary effort; therefore, some gaps remained that
the enemy is using.”
The Leader of the Revolution pointed to the letter by [Foreign Minister] Mr.
Zarif to European officials regarding the instances of the violation of the
JCPOA by the Americans and added, "The foreign minister is not against
negotiations, but because he is a ‘religious, conscientious and responsible’
human being, he elaborated the various instances of the ‘violation of the spirit
and body of the JCPOA’.”
Ayatollah Khamenei urged "the committee overseeing the implementation of the
JCPOA” to fully and carefully carry out their duties and added, "In agreeing to
the JCPOA, we have identified clear conditions in writing and the committee
overseeing the implementation must take care that these conditions are fully
honored.”
The Leader reiterated, "When the enemy is brazenly standing against you, he will
construe any shortcoming by you as a sign of weakness and desperation and will
grow more impudent; therefore, there must be complete vigilance.”
"Boosting the military and security might” was another point that the Leader of
the Revolution highlighted in drawing up the do’s and don’ts of the "correct
governance of the country and the management of threats and opportunities.”
He added, "It is no secret that the US, in order to eliminate the elements of
Iran’s might, would hate the IRGC (Islamic Revolution Guards Corps) and the Quds
Force and set terms and conditions that the IRGC should not exist and the Basij
[volunteer forces] should not interfere and that we must act as such (based on
the enemy’s will) in regional issues and comments like that; however, all
officials, against the enemy’s will, must boost the elements of Iran’s might and
dignity, namely the Armed Forces, the IRGC, Basij and all of the faithful and
revolutionary elements.”
Continuing, Ayatollah Khamenei turned to stating some important and effective
economic points for the proper management of the country.
He reiterated, "In his remarks, the honorable president enumerated some cases
that "must happen,” but the target and executive of the majority of these cases
are himself and the administration’s work team.”
Pointing to the impact of attracting internal and external investors on the
management of the country’s economy, the Leader of the Revolution described
"true attention to villages such as the creation of rural industries” as the
solution to some issues such as shanty town dwelling and the resultant
corruption and added, "Creating facilities for the easy transport of village
goods and for the villagers is very important.”
"The correct management of imports such as strictly preventing the import of
goods which harms the similar local product,” "people using home-made products
as the necessary grounds for the promotion of the quality of these products,”
"combating smuggling,” "the correct and worthy implementation of Article 44 [of
the Constitution]” and the issue of "investment security” were other points that
the Leader of the Islamic Revolution pointed to in this section of this remarks.
Wrapping up his economic comments, the Leader said, "We officials have spoken at
length about economic issues in the past several years, but now time has come
for action; therefore, "offering a clear and comprehensive roadmap” must be one
of the first steps that the administration should take.
Ayatollah Khamenei described "cyberspace” as one of the other important and
effective issues in correctly managing the country.
The Leader of the Revolution reiterated, "An avalanche of issues that are
against the values and national interests, correct and incorrect content, wrong
or accurate information and even pseudo-intelligence plunges upon the minds of
the society. This atmosphere must be controlled, but the nation must not be
deprived of cyberspace.”
Criticizing the shortcomings in the creation of a national information network,
he added, "With the creation of a national data network, a number of countries,
while observing their red lines and properly controlling the cyberspace, have
benefitted from the Internet for fulfilling their interests.”
Ayatollah Khamenei added, "Everyone should be able to use the benefits of
cyberspace and in areas that are not to the detriment of the country, public
opinion and particularly the youth, Internet speed must be raised and anything
else necessary must be implemented.”
The issue of "the US” was the last topic that the Leader of the Islamic Republic
touched upon, adding, "Most of the issues with the US are fundamentally
irresolvable, because the US’s problem with us does not emanate from issues such
as nuclear energy or human rights, but their problem is with the very essence of
the Islamic Republic.”
Ayatollah Khamenei said the emergence of an Islamic establishment in an
important region and in a rich land such as Iran, where it took up independent
policies, is the main reason behind the US’s animosity toward the Islamic
Republic. The leader added, "They are against the principle of the country’s
independence and even if a government had been in power in the country that had
not been religious or revolutionary but had been independent, there would have
been opposition to and conflicts with it.”
Pointing to the plentiful resources and facilities of Islamic Iran, the Leader
of the Islamic Revolution said, "Powers whose job is encroachment upon countries
are not prepared to give up such a bite, but the Islamic Revolution will not
allow this bite to go down their throats.”
Ayatollah Khamenei cited issues such as "human rights, terrorism, the claim of
destabilization by Iran in the region” as the US’s excuses against the Islamic
establishment and reiterated, "The US itself is a terrorist (state), a terrorist
nurturer and the supporter of such a regime as the Zionist regime, which is the
core of terrorism and was created through terror and tyranny from the first day;
therefore, it’s impossible to come to terms with the US.”
Ayatollah Khamenei reiterated in the same regard, "Vague and two-sided remarks
must not be made, because that would result in abuse, rather the issues and
stances must be clearly and explicitly stated.”
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution reiterated, "The Americans must know that
the Islamic Republic would not abandon stances such as fighting tyranny and
defending Palestine and will not give up efforts to restore the rights of the
nation.”
Concluding his remarks, Ayatollah Khamenei described the Iranian nation as a
lively nation and the Islamic Revolution as young and progressive and
reiterated, "These conditions herald a good future to the nation and we hope
that the conditions of the people improve day by day and they repel the threats
in the best way.”
Prior to the remarks of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, thanking the
people and the Leader of the Islamic Revolution over the shaping of the epic
1396 (2017) election feat, the president said, "The nation is the victor in the
election and the era of rivalries and bickering has come to an end. Today, we
have to pay attention to the demands and requests of the people.”
The president enumerated the removal of economic problems particularly
employment and the improvement of livelihood as the most important demands of
the people, adding, "Undoubtedly, if we all stand side by side behind the great
Leader of the Revolution, we would be able to overcome the problems.”
Stating that the ill-wishers in the world such as the US are more than ever
concerned about the greatness of Iran, Mr. Rouhani reiterated, "We should await
new plots and conspiracies by the enemies; of course these plots are nothing new
for the Iranian nation and our nation has prevailed over their machinations in
tougher and more complicated incidents and will also be triumphant in the
future.”
In another part of his speech, pointing to the fact that the 11th administration
is in its final weeks and the approaching launch of the activities of the 12th
administration, the president elaborated on the services of the administration.
Mr. Rouhani declared "controlling inflation and reducing it to single-digit,”
"the economic growth of over eight percent,” "job creation, positive growth in
the trade balance,” "the stability of the price of foreign currency,” "reduction
in budget reliance upon oil and increasing reliance upon tax,” "increase in the
production and export of oil and petrochemical products,” "natural gas delivery
to nine thousand villages and water delivery to over five thousand villages and
power delivery to all villages above ten households” and "the connection of 28
thousand villages to the Internet” as among the achievements of the 11th
administration.
Pointing to the naming of the current year as "Resistance economy;
Production-Job Creation”, the president said, "All the efforts in the 12th
administration will be directed at materializing this slogan.”
Mr. Rouhani described the resolution of the issue of employment as requiring a
major and national undertaking and stating that for the realization of the sixth
development plan in employment more than 900 thousand jobs must be created per
year, reiterated, "To create jobs we need investment, banking reforms, an
increase in youth skills and the development of science-based companies.”
The president cited support for the impoverished and underprivileged as one of
the other important agendas of the 12th administration and stressing the
importance of the issue of social justice, reiterated, "The income gap between
the first decile and the tenth decile of the society is about 14 times and this
should reach a reasonable level.”
At the end of his remarks, Mr. Rouhani expressed gratitude to the Iranian nation
for their active efforts and participation and to the Leader of the Islamic
Revolution for his support and guidance.
At the end of the meeting, the Maghrib and Isha prayers were led by the Leader
of the Islamic Revolution and the attendees broke their fast alongside him.
SOURCE: Leader.ir/en