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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

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و الحمدلله ربّ العالمين و صلّي الله علي محمّد وءاله الطّاهرين‌

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I welcome you dear brethren and sisters and congratulate

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the auspicious days of [the lunar month of] Sha’ban

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and the whole of this month, which is a month for mentioning [God] and worship and attention and supplication,

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to all brethren and sisters.

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These opportunities – the opportunity of the month of Sha’ban, the opportunity of the month of Ramadan, [and] the opportunity of the month of Rajab –

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are good opportunities; especially for us and you officials.

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In the Islamic Establishment, the main essence of the Islamic society is worship, faith and good deed by the entire nation;

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just as you saw in these verses [of the Quran] which our very good reciter recited here;

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this issue is the essence, The thing that prompts divine angels to tell human beings that

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“We are your protectors in this life and in the Hereafter,”

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– that is, we are in agreement and cooperate with you both in this world and the Hereafter –

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and is very important, is this: faith, worship and [doing] good deeds by all people.

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However, officials are more important addressees of this announcement.

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The heavier is the responsibility, this announcement to them is more serious, more stern and heavier.

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We must create this in ourselves; that is, being a member of the Majlis [Iranian parliament], having responsibility in the administration,

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having responsibility in the armed forces, [and] having responsibility in the Judiciary

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are all among those things that the first duty that they create for us

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is the duty to establish a stronger link and connection with the Almighty God;

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[and] to be more refined and better servants [for God]; this issue must not be overlooked.

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Yes, when we are given a responsibility,

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the sphere of that responsibility is the sphere of our basic duty and we must pursue [fulfilment of that duty];

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however, before that and even along with that and at its end,

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the thing that must be important to us and be considered by us

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is that what we must do to have fulfilled our divine duty;

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to have realized our worship [of God], our devotion, our action, [and] our pious action.

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This is the duty to which [state] officials must pay a lot of attention.

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Well, these months offer a great opportunity; the month of Sha’ban, [and] the month of Ramadan, are great opportunities.

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These prayers that have been recommended for these months, open the way for us.

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If I and you want to talk to the Almighty God and ask him for something,

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request something from God, we indeed don’t know how to do this properly.

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These prayers [which have been compiled] with the most eloquent language, teach us what to ask from the Almighty God and how to talk to God.

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This very honorable Sha’baniyeh prayer, [and] the items that exist from the beginning to the end of [this] prayer,

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every one of them is a sea of knowledge.

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In addition, they teach us how to talk to God and what to ask Him.

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“O God! Give me a heart that would be eager to get close to you and a tongue whose honesty is accepted by you and a [kind of] look that would get close to you because of its righteousness.'

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Look! There are three key basic points in a short item of this prayer.

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O God! Give me a heart that would get close to you out of eagerness;

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this eagerness must be created in one’s heart.

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Our [soul’s] contamination with material interests, our contamination with sin,

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our contamination with various kinds of avarice and greed, will kill this eagerness in the [human] heart.

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Our intimacy with the Quran, our intimacy with prayer, our intimacy with non-obligatory forms of worship,

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[and] acting upon obligations in a correct way will stir and kindle this eagerness in the heart.

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[Give me a heart that] would get close to you out of eagerness; then this eagerness will get [our] heart closer to God.

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And a tongue whose honesty is accepted by you;

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an honest tongue, [and] honest words. These honest words will ascent toward God.

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“Toward Him ascent (all) Words of Purity: It is He Who exalts each Deed of Righteousness.”

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Good words, honest words, sincere words,

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words that are devoid of the impurity of material interests, and selfishness, and the love of self, and such things,

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[they are] the words that ascend toward God.

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“And a look that would get close to you because of its righteousness.”

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A look that is mingled with truth and is mixed with truth. Truthful look at all issues,

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not a biased look, not a capricious look, not a businesslike look;

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[it advises us to] see issues through a truthful look, by taking sides with truth, [and] following suit with truth.

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It is then that the heart gets close to God.

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See, they teach us how to talk to God; they tell us what to ask God.

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The duty is heavy,

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if we want to fulfill these duties, we need this strength of connection [with God].

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We must strengthen the connection; this connection must be maintained day by day.

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This is the purpose of constant mentioning [of God]; [the fact] that prayers have been scheduled on a daily basis and in alternative bouts,

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is for the purpose that we would not be overrun by negligence.

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One of the greatest blessings of God, is that prayers have become obligatory for us.

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If prayers were not obligatory, we would have submerged in negligence;

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in the morning, when you wake up from sleep, you mention the God;

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at noon, which is the middle of the occupation with life and livelihood, [you have to] mention God;

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at the evening, at the end of a day during which you have endeavored and worked, [you have to] mention God.

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I went to bed while thinking about your beauty, And woke up aspiring to have you.

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This is the order and program that have been considered for us.

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Do we act [according to that program]? If we do [act upon it], then we could be sure that

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[God will] “take me out of this world safe and sound;”

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– this is in our prayers. We could be sure that we would get out of this [world] safe and sound.

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A prayer in Sahifey-e Sajjadiyeh [a book of prayers] says

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[o God!] take our life in a way that we would exit this world as guided ones;

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take our life in such a way that we would be willing

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and eager to enter that world [the Afterlife].

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Infidels are not like this; the corrupt persons are not like this.

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Angels come to them and [tell them] with pressure and force “get out of your bodies.”

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But [this is] not [true about] the faithful. The faithful’s minds are in peace about the other side and go there quite willing and eager.

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They close their eyes to perishable things,

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but all of a sudden, they open their eyes to surprising amenities that [will make them] forget [this world].

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In a pleasant trip that you make,

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for example, you may lose the sight of your child, [or] your brother in front of the garage [and] this would make you anxious.

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However, when you start the trip, [and see] these exquisite vistas, this good life, diversity and the likes of them, [they make] you forget [that anxiety] all at once.

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When you enter there [the Afterlife] through divine consent, divine forgiveness, divine reward

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– [as Quran says] “a hospitable gift from one Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful,”

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the verses [of Quran] they recited right now – when one is faced with this,

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we will forget all those things that were here and were temporary and to which we were attached and for which we killed ourselves;

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a person [must] get out of this world in this way. This is our duty.

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Of course, these words are first and foremost addressed to myself; my burden is heavier than yours

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and my problems are more numerous than yours. But all of us must pay attention.

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This is the first things that is important.

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Well, three years have passed from the tenure of this responsibility and this opportunity that you had.

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This is the last meeting between me and the group [of lawmakers] from your parliament

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– the fourth meeting and the last meeting.

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That is, you don’t have more than a year, you have no more opportunity to render services [to your people].

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Three years were an opportunity; this three-year opportunity has come to an end.

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Now it is the time for being accountable.

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When a task is assigned to a person, [and] it is finished and [that person] leaves [the office],

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now he/she must say what they have done; [this is how a] heavy responsibility [is].

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[You have to answer] the question; not people’s question [because] one can answer it one way or another.

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No; [the important question is] the question of the Divine Realm; the question of those,

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“from Whom is not hidden the least little atom in the heavens or on earth.”

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The question [posed] by He Who governs our hearts

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[and] knows it all, let alone our actions; this will start;

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[we] must get ready to be accountable; we must prepare ourselves to give answers; [we must] endeavor.

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Now, after all, the Almighty God is both forgiving and merciful,

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but this forgiveness and mercy is very unlikely to include lazy people, those who do not pay attention, [and] those who do not care;

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it] is for somebody who takes trouble, [and] makes effort. After all:

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Going into the wilderness is better than sitting idle, ‘cause if I don’t achieve my goal, at least I strive as far as I can.

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Know the value of this [last] year [of your tenure]; another year of this opportunity still remains;

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you don’t know and I don’t know whether this opportunity will be offered to me and you again or not.

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This one year that you have opportunity

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– the opportunity apparently exists; now, there is also death, whose time is determined by God –

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we must] know its value, must strive, must work, [and] must take trouble.

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[We must move according to these standards, [and] to these criteria, [in accordance] with the scale of observing the divine right,

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honest words, the truthful look, [and] the eager heart; [we] must move according to these scales.

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Thank God, good steps were taken in these three years,

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which were mentioned by the esteemed speaker of the Majlis in his report

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– [which was read out] during today’s speech.

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I had already seen the written report;

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good steps have been taken, which God willing, have been taken with honest and pure intention

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and with the intention to get close [to God]. [They are] certainly accepted by the Almighty

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and I hope that God willing, the steps you have taken, promises you have given,

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laws that you have passed in favor of people, in favor of country, [and] in favor of Islam and Muslims

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would be lasting laws and [would be] acted upon [in order to] show their impact in the society;

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and] people would, God willing, feel the impact of your work.

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This is the hope that I have.

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The main part of my remarks were these things that I already said;

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that is, in fact, by advising you, I advised myself

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so that perhaps, God willing, our hearts would be affected by these words

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and we would be able to do what we have to do. I have a few recommendations as well:

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One recommendation is about your demeanor

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– gentlemen and ladies – in this last year [of your tenure];

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take care that the factor of the elections [that are scheduled to be held] at the end of the year

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would not affect the way you do your job during this year; this is very important.

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What you do, what you say, confirmation that you give,

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opposition that you show, [and] speech that you make, must not be affected by the factor of year-end elections;

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assume that such elections do not exist,

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[and] take the truth as your [main] standard in this one year that has remained; this is the first recommendation.

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The second recommendation is about the sixth [economic, social, and cultural development] plan.

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The sixth plan – whose policies are in final stages [of formulation]

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and, God willing, will be notified to various organs soon – must be taken into account with due care.

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The last year of responsibility is sometimes usually afflicted with the problem of impatience

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this is not special to you; the administration is also like this –;

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–at the end of the tenure, [officials] are afflicted with some form of impatience;

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take care not to allow this problem affect [the formulation] of the sixth plan. The sixth plan is important;

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in [formulating] the sixth plan, you are passing laws for the next five years of the country.

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At that time, you may be member of the parliament, [or] you may not be,

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but your laws will be there; administrations will have to follow them, [and] people will be affected by them.

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Formulate this law – the law of the sixth plan – with this view in mind.

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In all sectors: economic sectors; cultural sectors; service sectors;

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health and treatment; defense and security sectors; and the likes of them

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do not show impatience when formulating the law of the sixth plan.

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Another recommendation is the issue of interaction; interaction with other powers, especially with the administration.

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Well, the administration [is responsible for] standing in the middle [of the political arena].

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Those who do traditional sports are well aware what I am talking about.

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Well, other people are also working out, but their eyes are riveted on the one person who stands in the middle.

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If the government’s function is strong and good and successful,

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other organs one way or another will make a good move;

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this is the status of the administration. Therefore, interaction with the administration, in my opinion, is an imperative.

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Interaction with all powers, with all various organs in the country, especially with the Executive power and the administration [is necessary because]

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this interaction is the real manifestation of what

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I told all the people and you at the beginning of the [current Iranian] year: “empathy and common language.”

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Of course, I recommend this to the administration as well; this recommendation is not just for you;

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I also recommend this to the respectable president and ministers;

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however, you are certainly needed to [make] this interaction [with other powers].

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Well, if we want this interaction to take place,

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there are two or three points about this interaction that I mention here:

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one [point] is that this interaction depends on optimism.

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If you were suspicious of each other, there would be no interaction.

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If two people who are supposed to cooperate,

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one of them supposes from the very beginning that the other side wants to stab him in the back, well, this would not lead to interaction;

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interaction is not possible on the basis of suspicion; you must be optimistic.

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Interaction must be accompanied with optimism.

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Without optimism and good thinking about the other side, this would not be possible.

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Of course, optimism does not mean being simplistic; does not mean to be deceived.

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We must be careful; one must be always, in all places and in all cases careful.

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I do not recommend anybody to show simplicity; no;

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however, suspicion must not be taken as basis [for interaction].

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That we accuse the other side from the outset that he is bent on doing a certain illegal activity

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– or he is bent on compromise, or is bent on treachery,

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or is bent on making personal gains – then it would not be possible [to interact].

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With this approach, interaction would not be possible;

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[interaction must be made possible] through a positive approach. This is another point about the issue of interaction.

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The next point is that interaction must not amount to tug of war.

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Look, there is a fine line here;

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you know, I have also been in the parliament,

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[and] I have been a representative [in the Majlis] as well and I share your experience;

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I have also been in the administration and have the experience of [working in the] administration as well.

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When I say interaction, it doesn’t mean that there must be a kind of tug of war between the [Majlis] representative and [a] minister.

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For example, they [must not] say, “Let go, so I would let go.” It must not be like this.

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Both – the Majlis deputy and minister – must focus on their legal duty and the country’s expediencies

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and be aware that the Almighty God is seeing us;

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interaction [must take place] on this basis; this is another point. So, interaction must not be mistaken for tug of war.

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The next point about interaction is that

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in the Majlis, especially in [parliamentary] commissions, ministers must not be insulted.

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Some of the esteemed ministers complain to me

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that ‘we go to [a Majlis] commission, [and they treat us] with an insulting tone [of voice]’.

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Of course, I believe that all [lawmakers and ministers] are brethren;

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that is, we must not have a royal attitude and,

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for example, say “we are members of the administration, we are like this, [and] everybody must supplicate before us.”

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This is certainly not the case. However, on the other hand, an attitude of humiliation and insult

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and “your fate is in my hands,” and “I will make you pay,” must not exist [among lawmakers].

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his attitude is not a correct attitude; we must deal [with each other] with respect,

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we must behave with politeness; politeness is necessary in all stages.

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This is [enough] about this [recommendation]. Well, so the third recommendation was the issue of interaction.

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The fourth recommendation is about the important issue of resistance economy.

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As for the resistance economy, fortunately, there is a common language [used] in the country,

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[but] our problem is with empathy; one is afraid lest there might be a common language, but not empathy.

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So, the language of empathy is a different language,[and] empathy is better than common language.

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Many a Hindu and Turk use the same language,Many two Turks treat each other like strangers,

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So, the language of empathy is a different language,

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Well, the common language exists, [but] empathy must also exist.

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I mean the issue of the resistance economy must be whole-heartedly accepted;

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we must believe that the key to country’s problems is inside [the country];

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[and] its main axis is strengthening domestic production; now, this step you have taken

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– [passing] the law for removing obstacles to production – is a good step

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and I [have] heard [of it] – as it was reported to me – it is a well-studied [and] good step;

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these [kinds of measures] must continue to be followed; everybody must believe this.

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I personally believe that if we could strengthen domestic production,

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if we could take advantage of domestic capacities in true sense of the word,

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resolving external issues would be made easy; resolving the nuclear issue would become easy.

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Well, the nuclear issue has turned into a [Gordian] knot;

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this [issue] has its own solutions, [but] those solutions depend on our internal strength;

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if we strengthen [ourselves] from within, that task would become easier.

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part from the nuclear issue, other series [of issues] are also awaiting us;

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It is not [true] that all our issues with the West, with America, with Zionism,

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[and] with economic bullies of the world are only [limited to] this nuclear issue;

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this is not our sole issue; it would be followed by various issues – human rights and the likes of that and the likes of that.

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Resolution of all these issues would become easy; I do not mean that they would be resolved spontaneously;

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no; effort is needed; however, resolution of those issues would become easy,

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if we could resolve this internal issue [of resistance economy].

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You must pay complete attention to this issue of the resistance economy in the sixth plan law;

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[and] you must [also] pay complete attention to it in the budget law for the [Iranian calendar] year [13]95 (May 21, 2016-May 20, 2017).

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Of course, those policies have been notified. State organs have taken many steps.

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Many steps have been taken, but look which part of this table is incomplete.

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After all, when they prescribe a medication, which is final remedy of a given disease

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and assuming that this medication, for example, has five components, if one component of those five components is not there,

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this is not a true medicine even if the other four components exist. All these components must exist

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so that one could expect remedy and result.

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Look and see what part of this table

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– [or] as put by Western-minded people, this puzzle – is empty and must be filled; find it.

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In the [sixth] plan law [and] in the [13]95’s budget law, carefully look at this [issue].

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Well, of course, I know this, [and] our brethren in the administration keep repeating that

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‘[the fact] that you always repeat this and that’, well we are facing shortage of resources.

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Yes, I also know that we are facing shortage of resources

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and sanctions have been influential in this shortage of resources; I have no doubt about this.

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However, when one is faced with shortage of resources, what they have got to do?

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Do they have to sit and do nothing? Do they have to mourn? No, [go] and find the remedy.

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There is remedy; saving is one of those remedies; start saving.

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When dividing and distributing domestic resources, observe the priorities; this is the remedy.

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There is no deadlock. Shortage of resources is our problem, not a knot that cannot be cut;

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it is a problem, [and] this problem must be eliminated; well, this has [its own] solution.

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At present we are sometimes spending money in places that it must not be spent in those places.

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I know about some organs – I know one of those organs up-close –

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which have increased their services several times

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without a dime having been added to their budget;

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[this has been made possible] through correct management, through correct approach, through reduction of surplus expenses;

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which this [issue], of course, encompasses the administration as well, the Majlis as well, [and] the armed forces as well.

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There are [certain] cases apart from the armed forces, but in part of the armed forces, I have seen certain cases

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[in which] they have doubled their abilities and functions without any increase in their budget;

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so, this is quite possible to do.

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Therefore, this shortage of resources must not become an excuse for us to say this cannot be done; no,

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if there is financial discipline, everything can be resolved.

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This issues can be also resolved. Of course, I repeat that financial discipline is not special to the administration;

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it is the same about the Majlis; it is the same about other places; all [organs] must observe financial discipline.

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Another point that I mention here is about principled positions taken by the Islamic Consultative Assembly [the Majlis].

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Thank God, principled positions of the Majlis are good.

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The esteemed speaker of the Majlis also pointed [to this issue], [and] it is true;

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I also hear, see, [and] observe when basic and principled issues

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and those things that are main fundaments of the Establishment and the Islamic Revolution are at stake,

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positions of the Majlis are acceptable, positive and in some cases, completely progressive positions;

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it must be like that; this must be the case in all [terms] of the Majlis.

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The standard for the Islamic Consultative Assembly should be the lofty edifice of principled positions.

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The criterion is the words of Imam [Khomeini] and the last will of the Imam and these twenty-odd volumes of the remarks made by the Imam;

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this is the criterion. Just look and see what kind of behavior,

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what orientation for the revolution and for the Islamic Republic Establishment has been delineated in the collection of Imam’s remarks;

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these positions must be insisted on; this must be the standard for the Majlis.

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If this [goal] is realized, then we would never face the frightening precipice of falling into [the clutches of] the [world’s] hegemonic system;

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we would not fall off such a formidable precipice;

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if this [goal] is not realized, there would be many risks [facing us] in this regard.

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The last point is that with regard to nuclear issues,

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[my] positions are the same things that I have announced publicly; the same things that I have said.

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Of course, there are certain things that one cannot express in public, [but] expresses them in private

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– there are such instances; not everything [can be said publicly];

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“not everything that is known can be said [publicly]

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– but those things that have been announced publicly

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are exactly the same things that have been told the officials;

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[they have been] said both orally, and also in writing; these are basic positions of the Establishment.

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And I believe that our brethren are busy working, busy endeavoring, are really breaking a sweat,

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are working in these fields. They must, God willing, by putting their hope in God and by putting their trust in the Almighty God,

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insist on these positions

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and be able to, God willing, realize that goal, which would be expedient for the country and expedient for the Establishment.

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I hope the Almighty God would make you succeed

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and that, God willing, you would take advantage of this good opportunity to obtain the divine satisfaction [of God].

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