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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

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والحمد لله ربّ العالمين

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والصّلاة والسّلام علي سيّدنا محمّد و آله الطّاهرين

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و لعنة الله علي اعدائهم اجمعين

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اللّهمّ صلّ علي فاطمة و ابيها و بعلها و بنيها عددما احاط به علمک

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I congratulate this auspicious birthday to all those who love Velayat [leadership of Shia Imams],

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who love the Prophet [Mohammad (PBUH)], and who love the progeny of the Prophet; those who are infatuated with true virtue.

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I also welcome you dear ones.

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Each and every one of you has a high rank and dignity that I will refer to later and will explain about.

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Before starting my address,

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I commemorate the late Mr. Ahi (may God have mercy upon his soul), the committed and well-wisher and perseverant eulogist.

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I knew the late Ahi since the early years of 1960s.

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A group of eulogists of the Prophet’s family had come to Mashhad and he was [one of their] active [members].

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Of course, we were not introduced to each other, but I came to know him and met him.

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For many long years, I knew him from afar and, later on, I met him up-close.

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I wish God will, God willing, elevate his ranks.

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In the true sense of the word, he was loyal and committed and interested [in this profession]

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and was especially committed and felt responsibility toward the eulogists community.

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I met him every year in this place. May God bless his soul;

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may God have mercy on his soul; [and] may God have mercy on our souls.

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I will talk about three topics here: one is about you,

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about eulogy and about this very honorable profession.

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The other one is about the nuclear issue,

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which has turned into a common concern in our country today;

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[and] one [topic] will be about [the situation in] Yemen.

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Today, I will discuss these three topics in brief with you, the dear ones, and in fact, with the whole Iranian nation.

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As for the first topic, the profession of eulogy is a very honorable profession. Why?

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Because there have been people throughout the history

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who eulogized the tyrants, the despots, the oppressors; and they still exist today.

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There are still people in this world, who open their mouths

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to the eulogy of the most evil people of the world.

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Or they use their pens in return for a fee – a dirty and filthy fee – for this purpose.

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On the contrary, you use your tongue, breath, voice box, and artistic power in the service of eulogizing virtues.

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The family of the Prophet [Mohammad] (PBUH) is the family of the virtuous. They are nothing but virtue.

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He who eulogizes the Sun is, in fact, eulogizing himself as well.

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Indeed, by eulogizing the virtues of the family of the Prophet, you also eulogize yourself

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and, in fact, show the honor of this profession.

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A few years ago and in this very place,

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I read out a poem about Fatemeh Zahra (PBUH) from the late Saghir Esfahani:

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“It has been said in hadith that in the night of Asra, The Prophet saw some camels, and I am a camel in that caravan,

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If you don’t believe me and want a reason [to believe], Look at the book of his eulogy in my hand, which I am carrying.”

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God’s blessings on Saghir Esfahani.

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Therefore, you have in your hands the book of the eulogy of virtue; this is a great honor. Good for you.

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[You must] know the value of this profession; these peculiarities; and treasure this opportunity.

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This was the first point about the profession of eulogy.

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The second point [is that] today, the eulogists community has been offered with a very big opportunity.

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You hold ceremonies;

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[and] big crowds, sometimes thousands of people, mostly young people, flock to your minbar and what you tell them,

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and your eulogy, and mourning. What opportunity can be better [than this]?

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All this audience, all these wholehearted people who are ready to listen and absorb [what you say],

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[and] all these souls that are ready to be raised are in your hands; this is an opportunity.

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[As the hadith goes] value opportunities because they pass like the passage of clouds.

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Value this opportunity [and] make the most of this opportunity.

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The third point is how you can make the most of this opportunity? [You can do this by] propagating the knowledge of religion;

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by propagating the same thing for which these great people, these beacons of grandeur and virtue, laid down their lives;

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underwent so much suffering; experienced so much difficulty;

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created the incident of Ashura; and created the incidents of the early Islam, which still make people cry.

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What was the goal [of all this]? It was aimed at the promotion of the knowledge of religion.

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Use this opportunity to propagate the knowledge of religion, to encourage the young generation to act upon religion, to act upon sharia [law],

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[and to] observe great responsibilities of these times.

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Today, our country, our nation and the world of Islam need to understand correctly, act correctly and resist.

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The Iranian nation is a model. Among the nation, the youth are the driving force.

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These young people are in your hands. That is, a single glance will show you that,

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in a certain sense, the driving force of the Islamic world is in your control. Propagate the knowledge of religion.

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What people need and what these youth need to remain clean, to live clean,

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to [observe] the Islamic lifestyle, to be Muslims in true sense of the word, [and] to meet an auspicious fate,

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you teach them and give them. This is in your hands.

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When, throughout the history, we have held such ceremonies

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attended by all these young people listening to you from the bottom of their hearts?

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In our time and when we were young,

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if you counted all the eulogists in [the city of] Mashhad, they would not be more than five or six persons. [Even] in Tehran [their number] was only slightly higher.

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[Now you have] all these ceremonies, all these speakers, all these singers, all this art, all this pleasant voices,

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[and you see that] poets are also active and write poems [for you]. Take advantage of this opportunity; this is the next point.

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And the last point [is about] avoiding deviation, avoiding superstitions, avoiding making problems for young people’s beliefs.

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Sometimes we say a word, which creates a knot in the mind of our young audience;

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who is supposed to undo that knot? This knot that we have created

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in the mind of this young person and has caused problems for him to believe as a result of our incomplete remarks, or our wrong remarks,

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or through our inattention and irresponsible behavior; how this knot will be undone? These [issues] are [our] responsibility.

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Is it correct that in a ceremony for mourning and eulogy of the Master of Martyrs [the third Shia Imam, Imam Hossein (PBUH)], whose grandeur is owed to martyrdom,

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his grandeur is due to sacrifice he made for the sake of God, his grandeur is because of his selflessness; [because] he passed over everything,

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gave up all demands [and] all desires, [now is it correct that his mourning ceremony] be turned into a cheap occasion,

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a place where a handful of young people take off their clothes, jump up and down, and don’t know what they are saying? Is this correct?

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Is this the way we thank God for this bounty that has bestowed upon us? This good voice is a bounty

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this ability to manage the ceremony is a bounty. These are things that God has not given everybody.

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He has given [this] to you and you should be thankful for these bounties.

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Therefore, I love the community of eulogists from the bottom of my heart. I pray for you.

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May the Almighty, God willing, help you succeed and assist you.

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and at the same time I must say expectations from the eulogists community

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in Iran and the whole region is high

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I cannot say anything about Hazrat Fatima (PBUH),

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Peace Be upon Her

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you referred to it in your remarks,

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so I can say nothing about it and will skip it.

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The second topic is the nuclear issue.

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Some people have asked, and still ask, why I have taken no position on the nuclear issue?

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The answer is that there is no ground for taking a position.

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Our officials, nuclear officials, and consultants are telling me that nothing has been done yet;

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nothing binding has taken place between the two sides. What position [I am supposed to take on this]?

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If they asked me whether I am for or against [nuclear understanding], I would say I neither agree, nor oppose it

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because nothing has taken place yet; nothing has been done yet.

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All the problem is about those details that they are expected to sit and hash out every one of them.

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This is what officials have said; they have told me that, and have said that to people in their interviews.

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All the problem comes next.

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It is possible for the opposite side, which is obstinate, untrustworthy, treacherous,

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looking for excuses, is apt for haggling, is apt to stab [us] in the back,

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and is apt to do such evil things,

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to try to encircle our country, our nation,  [and] our negotiators when it comes to details.

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We have still nothing; no obligation has been accepted yet.

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Now, [the fact that] they congratulate, they congratulate me, congratulate others; this is meaningless. What congratulation?

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What has been done so far can neither guarantee an agreement and the negotiation that may lead to an agreement, nor [can it] guarantee the content [of such agreement];

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nothing.

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[It] does not even guarantee that these negotiations may reach their end and result in an agreement.

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What has been done so far is like this. Everything pertains to what happens after this.

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Here, I mention a few points about the nuclear issue.

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Of course, I have never been optimistic about negotiations with the United States.

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This [pessimism] is not a delusion, but comes from experience; I have experience [in this regard].

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Now, if one day, a day when most probably I will not be among you,

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you were, God willing, informed of the developments and details and notes and writings of these days,

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you would know where my experience has come from; I have experienced this.

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However, despite [the fact that] I was not optimistic about negotiations with the America, I did not oppose this case of negotiations.

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I agreed to it. I supported negotiators with all my power, and still continue to support them.

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I give my full support to and welcome an agreement, which would meet the interests of the Iranian nation

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and maintain the dignity of the Iranian nation; everybody should know this.

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If somebody says that I am opposed to, for example, an agreement or with reaching a point, no [this is not true and whoever saying that] has said something untrue and against the truth.

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If an agreement is reached and this agreement is the one that would meet the interests of the nation, the interests of the country,

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I will totally agree with that.

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Of course, I also said that not reaching an agreement is better than a bad agreement, and Americans also say this.

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This is a correct formula.

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Not reaching an agreement is better than an agreement in which the interests of the nation are downtrodden,

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the dignity of the nation is undermined, [and] the Iranian nation with all its grandeur is humiliated.

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Not reaching an agreement is much more preferable to reaching such an agreement. This will suffice [in this regard]; this is the first point.

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The next point is that I have not interfered in details of the negotiations and will not do this [in future].

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I have always reminded state officials of large-scale issues, main [policy] lines, important frameworks and red lines.

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[I have said these] mostly to the esteemed president with whom I have regular meetings,

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and on few occasions, [I have said them] to the esteemed foreign minister. [I have told them about] main [policy] lines and generalities.

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The details of this issue, small specifications, which have no influence on large-scale [policy] lines do not get [my] attention.

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These [details] are in their control; they can go and work [on them].

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If somebody comes out and says that the details of these negotiations are supervised by the Leader, this is not accurate.

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Of course, I feel responsible [and] I am by no means indifferent toward this issue.

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There are generalities to some of which I will refer.

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I have already mentioned them in public speeches to people;

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[and] I have talked [about them] to officials in more detail.

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The third point. As I said before, I trust the officials who are in charge; you should know this.

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These people who are working, these are persons in whom I trust.

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I have no doubt about them in what they have been so far.

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God willing, no doubt will be there after this; I have no doubt about them.

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Nonetheless, I have serious concern.

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This concern is due to the fact

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that the other side is seriously given to deceit and lying and breaching its promises and moving in the opposite of correct direction;

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the opposite side is like this. One instance of this took place during this [nuclear] issue.

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A few hours after our negotiators finished their talks,

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a statement was released by the White House on the details of the negotiations.

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This statement that they published, which they call “fact sheet,” is mostly incorrect.

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That is, the story that they tell about negotiations and agreements that have been made,

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is a manipulated and erroneous story, which is devoid of truth.

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They [Iranian officials] brought this statement and I saw it; it is four or five pages;

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this four, five pages have not been prepared within these two or three hours [after the Lausanne statement was read out],

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[but] at the same time that they were engaged in negotiations, they [had] sat down and prepared this statement.

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See, the other side is like this. They are talking to you,

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understanding is reached over an issue

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[and] at the same time that they are talking to you, they are preparing a statement,

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which is contrary to what is going on between you and them,

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and they publish that statement as soon as your negotiations are over! The other side is like this;

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the [other] side is the side that does not keep its word; is a cheating side.

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It says something, [and] then says in private that these [things that we say] are just for saving face.

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They write certain things in order not to appear weak before their own opponents in their country.

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They write something, well, this has nothing to do with us.

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If these [writings] were going to be taken as the basis for action, certainly what they have written would not be adopted as basis for action.

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Of course, they say the same about us.

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They said when these negotiations are over,

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the [Iranian] Leader may express his opposition in order to save face; they think everybody is like them.

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What we say to our people is based on mutual trust.

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People have put their trust in me and I trust every single person of this nation.

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I have trust in this public movement.

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I believe that God is with people [and]

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I believe that it is the hand of God, which is doing things now. Just look at the 22nd of [the Iranian calendar month of] Bahman [February 11].

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In that cold [weather], despite those problems [people pour into streets]. Look at the Quds Day. In that warm [weather] while [people are] fasting,

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who brings people into the streets? What benefit does coming into the streets have for them?

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This is the hand of God; we see the God; put our trust in this popular movement,

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[and] in this popular sentiment. We trust the honesty and insight of people; [and] we talk together.

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They [the opposite side] acts differently. They compare us with themselves.

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Therefore, my concern exists.

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Even now, I am concerned about what they will do and how they will act.

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Next point. Some people have agreed to, [and] some have opposed [the Lausanne statement] i

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n our print media, in these written material of our [country], in cyberspace sites and so forth. Some people have lauded [the statement]

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and some have opposed it. I believe that exaggeration should be avoided; nor should [we] be hasty [in showing reaction].

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We must see what is going to happen. Of course, I have said this to the officials [during] the past few days.

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The officials should come and inform the people, especially the elite, of the details and the realities.

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We have no secret thing; nothing is hidden.

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This is an example of empathy with people; empathy and using a single language that I said [in my new year message]. Empathy cannot be achieved by force.

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It does not follow an order that somebody orders people

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to be empathic and they say ‘yes sir’. This is not true empathy.

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Empathy is like a flower; like a sapling and a single flower.

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A sapling should be planted; then it should be taken care of; should be irrigated.

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It should be protected against harm, so that, empathy can grow. Empathy cannot exist in another way.

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Empathy is better than a single language; [though having] a single language is also good.

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Many Hindus and Turks have used the same language, While two Turks may have treated each other like strangers;

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Therefore, the language of intimacy is something else; Empathy is better than a single language.

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Empathy is necessary. Empathy should be created; empathy should be grown.

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This is my recommendation to all. Now is a good opportunity for empathy.

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Some people are opposed to [nuclear statement]; some people protest at it. Very well, our officials, who are honest people,

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are people who are interested in national interests.

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Very well, they must invite a group of the opponents, those of them who are prominent, [and] listen to what they have to say.

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There may be a point in their remarks and if that point is observed, their work would be made easier.

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Even if there was no point [in what they say, the officials can] convince them. This can be called empathy;

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this is unification of hearts and feelings, and subsequently, actions. I believe that they [should] sit down, listen [to those who are opposed to them and] discuss [all existing issues].

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Now, they may say that we don’t have more than three months;

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well, let three months become four months, nothing will happen. What is wrong with that?

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At another juncture, they prolonged the time [for the negotiations] by seven months.

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Very well, if this empathy, [use of] single language and exchange of views among our friends takes a little time;

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what is wrong with that? Let some time be spent [on this]. [Let] that final decisions be postponed a little;

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nothing will happen. This was the next point.

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The next point is that these negotiations that are under way,

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part of which is negotiation with the American sides,

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is only about the nuclear issue; only. At present, we do not negotiate with  America on any other issue;

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nothing. Everybody should know this. Neither on regional issues, nor on various domestic issues, nor on international issues.

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Today, the only topic for discussion and negotiations is the nuclear issue.

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Now, this will become an experience. If the other side gives up its usual diversionary tactics,

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this will become an experience for us that, very well, we can negotiate with them on other issues.

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However, if we see that the diversionary tactics that we have always seen from them still continue

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and they are going sideways, well, it will naturally strengthen our past experience.

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The other negotiating party does not represent the entire world; this point needs attention.

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Sometimes you hear, and I have also complained about this, that some of our friends say the international community!

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International community is the term that they [the other sides] use. International community is not against us.

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It is only the United States and three European countries; that it.

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Those [countries] that are being obstinate in this issue, use diversionary tactics, do not fulfill their promises and do evil things against the Iranian nation;

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one of them is America and the other is three European countries. Nobody else is against us.

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Just two years, [or] two and a half years ago in this very city of Tehran, senior representatives of more than 150 countries came together.

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About fifty heads of state gathered in Tehran during the Non-Aligned Movement [summit].

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This happened only two, three years ago; [it did not happen] a hundred years ago;

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it is quite recent. These [countries] are international community.

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[It is not correct] that we say “international community must trust us.”

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Where is the international community? The international community totally trusts us.

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Even in these [few] countries [that I named] many people do not agree with their governments. This is the next point.

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The final point is about my demands.

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I have demanded certain things from officials and have told them this;

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both told them and insisted on those demands.

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One issue is that they [the officials] should know that our current nuclear achievements are very valuable; they should know this.

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They must not know look at it as something of low value and cheap; it is valuable.

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The nuclear industry is a necessity for the country.

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[The fact] that some quasi-intellectuals write

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that “what do we want the nuclear industry for?” this is a trick.

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This is similar to the same thing that when in the Qajar era oil had been discovered [in Iran]

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and the British wanted to take it away,

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Qajar statesmen said, “What do we want this foul smelling substance for?

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Let them take it.” This is similar to that.

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The nuclear industry is a necessity for the country;

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both for [generation of] energy, and for [production of] nuclear drugs, which are very important;

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and for converting sea water to fresh water, and for many other needs in agricultural and non-agriculture fields.

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The nuclear industry in the world is an advanced industry, a very important industry.

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Our people achieved this [nuclear industry that we have] on their own;

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this was [representation] of the burst of internal capacities and internal talents of our own people.

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Now that underdeveloped country says if Iran has [uranium] enrichment, we want to have it as well.

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Ok, you also go and start enrichment; if you know how, then do it.

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We did not learn enrichment from anybody, it was our internal talent.

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[If] you have internal talents in your nation, do the enrichment.

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[These] are childish excuses raised by certain countries.

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Enrichment and what has happened in the field of nuclear [technology] up to the present time is a very great achievement;

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this is not something insignificant. These are our preliminary steps in this industry.

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More work should be done in this industry; more movement; more progress.

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Now a few criminal countries that have already either used nuclear bombs against nations, like America,

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or have tested them, like France,

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This very France conducted three nuclear tests one after the other in the ocean about 10-12 years ago

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, which were very destructive and destroyed marine environment.

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[It conducted] three very dangerous nuclear tests [which caused] a little uproar in the world

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and then they shut all people’s mouths and that was it.

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They are trying to preach us!

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We are not seeking nuclear explosion, [do not want] to [conduct] nuclear test. We do not seek nuclear weapons,

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not because they say so, but because of ourselves, because of our religion and our wisdom.

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This is both our religious fatwa and rational fatwa.

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It is our rational fatwa that we don’t need nuclear weapons, today and tomorrow and not any other time [in future].

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For a country like ours, nuclear weapons are nothing but trouble, though I leave its details now.

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Therefore, nuclear achievements are very important

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and pursuing this industry and industrialization of the country is very necessary. This issue needs due attention.

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My next demand from officials was that I told them not to trust the opposite side.

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Fortunately, one of the officials recently said explicitly that we have no trust in the opposite side

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and this was very good.

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I told them not to trust the opposite side, do not be deceived by their smile,

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do not trust the promise that they give you – which is just promise and no action –

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because, as soon as they get what they want, they will start laughing at you! They are so outrageous.

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Today that a preliminary agreement has been released in the form of a note and a statement

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and nothing has been done yet and both sides say nothing is binding yet;

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even now that they have just made this move,

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you saw the US president appeared on TV screens with what gesture and what grimace!

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The next point that I told the officials and I tell people as well

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is that the thing that should happen in the details of the negotiations – noting that the next few months are important –

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is that sanctions should be removed totally and all at once.

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[The fact] that one of them says sanctions will be lifted six months later,

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the other one says no, it may take a year,

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[and] yet another one says it may take more than a year,

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these are their conventional game. None of these [remarks] should be taken seriously and [are not] acceptable.

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If it is the will of the Almighty God and they manage to achieve an agreement,

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sanctions nust be removed totally on the very day of the agreement; this must happen.

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If removal of sanctions is to be made conditional on another process, why we engaged in negotiations in the first place?

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What was all [these] negotiations and sitting at the negotiating table and discussing and bickering for?

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It was for the sake of the removal of sanctions.

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It is by no means acceptable if they want to make this [removal of sanctions] conditional on something else.

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Another point that I told esteemed officials and I tell you as well

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is that no permission should be given [to the opposite side]

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to get into security and defense sphere of the country under the pretext of supervision [over nuclear program]. [I] absolutely [forbid this].

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Military officials of the country are by no means permitted

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under the pretext of supervision and under the pretext of inspection and things like that,

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to let foreigners into security and defense sanctuary and sphere of the country

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, or to stop development of defense [capacities] of the country.

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Development of defense [capacities] of the country, defense capability of the country, is the nation’s powerful fist in the military sphere.

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This should remain strong and become stronger.

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Or our support for our resistant brethren in various parts [of the world];

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these [issues] should not absolutely be touched upon in the negotiations.

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The next point is that any unconventional supervisory method,

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which would make the Islamic Republic a specific country in terms of supervision,

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must be rejected.

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Just the same conventional supervision that is the rule all across the world,

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the same kind of supervision [must be enforced here] and nothing more.

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The last point in this regard.

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Nuclear scientific and technical development in its various dimensions should by no means be stopped.

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Development must continue; technical development.

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Now, they [Iranian negotiator] may deem certain restrictions necessary and accept them; I have no objection [to that].

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They [can] accept some restrictions. But technical development must certainly continue

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and go on with strength and force.

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This is my opinion. This is what I have told my brethren.

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I have also said these in private sessions;

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mostly during the past one and a half years [in private meetings] with president

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and sometimes on rare occasions, I have told them to our esteemed foreign minister who is in charge of the negotiations.

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These are my views. Now, what negotiating methods they can choose to meet these demands,

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this is their decision. They [are expected to] go and sit and find correct negotiating methods;

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Make use of the informed people and trustees;

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listen to the viewpoints of the critics and do what they have to do. This was about the nuclear issue.

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The issue of Yemen. Saudis have introduced a bad innovation in this region and, of course, they erred, they made a mistake.

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What the Saudi government is currently doing in Yemen

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is exactly the same as what the Zionists ddi in Gaza.

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[This] has two aspects: The first is that it is a crime; a genocide and open to international prosecution.

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They kill children, destroy houses, devastate the infrastructures,

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[and] ruin national riches in a country.

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Well, this is a great crime. This is one side of the issue.

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The other side of this issue is that Saudis will sustain the harm of this issue;

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they will be at a loss and will by no means emerge as winner.

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The reason is totally clear; the reason is that

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military capabilities of the Zionists are many times higher than the military capability of these such and such Saudis;

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many times higher. They had military power and their other side was the diminutive Gaza [Strip].

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Here, the other side is a country; a country with tens of millions [of people];

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a nation; a vast and expansive country.

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If they [Zionists] could succeed in Gaza,

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these [Saudis] will be victorious here.

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Of course, even if they [Zionists] had won [the war on Gaza], the chances of victory for these [Saudis] would still be zero. Now, the changes are below the zero.

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These [Saudis] will be certainly hit hard; they will certainly be humiliated and defeated.

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We have many differences with Saudis on various political issues.

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However, we always said that Saudis show a certain degree of dignity and serenity in their foreign policy.

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Now they have lost that dignity and serenity.

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A bunch of inexperienced young people have taken charge of the affairs of that country

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and [as a result] barbarism is taking the upper hand over dignity and pretense.

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This will be to their detriment.

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I warn Saudis that they should desist this criminal move in Yemen;

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this [move] is not acceptable in this region.

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Of course, America is defending these [Saudis]; is supporting them. It is the nature of the America

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that in all issues [of the world] it takes side with the tyrant.

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Takes sides with the villain character instead of taking sides with the oppressed.

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This is their nature; [and] they are acting along the same line here. However, they will be hit hard [and] will be defeated.

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Now, they will raise Cain that “Iran is interfering in the affairs of Yemen.” Yes, this is interference.

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[The fact] that we are sitting here uttering these words, [in their opinion] amounts to interference.

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[However, the fact] that their criminal aircraft have made the Yemeni sky insecure, that is not interference!

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For such an intervention, they find foolish excuses.

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These excuses are neither acceptable in terms of international logic, nor are accepted by nations, nor are accepted by God.

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Therefore, this is exactly what is needed: they must stop this crime and [creating] catastrophes as soon as possible.

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The Yemeni nation is a great nation; is an ancient nation; is an old nation. Its [historical] background goes back thousands of years.

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This nation has the capacity, has the ability to determine the fate of its government on its own.

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Of course, some people tried to create a power void, to create uproar.

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[This was similar to] issues that were there in Libya; [and see] what a bad and deplorable situation Libya is experiencing today.

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They wanted to create the same situation in Yemen [as well], [but] they were fortunately unable to do this.

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Faithful youth, the youth who are interested and believe

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in the path of Amir al-Mu’menin [Imam Ali (PBUH] have been able to stand against them.

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Shias and Sunnis, and Shafe’is, and Zaidis and Hanafis and all kinds of people stood

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against the enemy’s onslaught and will, God willing, will emerge victorious and victory will belong to nations.

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O Almighty God, make our brethren in any place in the world victorious!

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O Almighty God, humiliate and defeat the enemies of Islam and the enemies of Muslim nations at any place in the world.

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O Almighty God, make us familiar with our duties;

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help us fulfill our duties.

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Please resurrect the pure soul of the dignified Imam [Khomeini] with [Shia] Imams.

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Resurrect the pure souls of our martyrs with the purified soul of Hazrat Seddiqeh Tahereh [Peace Be upon Her].

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Peace be unto you and so may the mercy of Allah and His blessings.