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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

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الحمدلله ربّ العالمين

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و الصّلاة و السّلام على سيّدنا و نبيّنا ابى‌القاسم المصطفى محمّد

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و على ءاله الأطيبين الأطهرين المنتجبين

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سيّما بقيّة الله فى الأرضين

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اللّهمّ سدّد السنتنا بالصّواب و الحکمة

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One of the repeated themes in prayers of the holy month of Ramadan

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is to attract people’s attention to the worlds that exist after the mundane life:

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drawing attention to the world of death, the world of [life in] grave, the world of the Resurrection,

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the difficulties that man will have when facing the Divine reckoning and Book and questioning;

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this is one of the prominent topics in the prayers of the holy month of Ramadan.

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For us, who have positions of responsibility,

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it is very important to pay attention to this issue.

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The main factor controlling and protecting human beings

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includes attention to these worlds.

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That we know,

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“… [God is he] from Whom is not hidden the smallest atom in the heavens or on earth;”

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a small movement, a small stop, a small measure,

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[and] a small word will not remain hidden from He who reckons [our deeds] after death

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and we will be questioned;

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this has a great effect on our behavior, on our words, [and] on our deeds.

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In the honorable prayer of Abi Hamza [we read]:

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“Have mercy on me when the hands of those I love roll me over on [my death] bed.”

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This is a state, which will befall everybody

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and perhaps many people have seen the state of dying and moments before death in other people;

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in those moments, I and you have no power of our own;

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there, nobody is closer to us than God.

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“And we are closer to him [the dying person] than you, but you don’t see.”

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Nobody can in that state save us from the maelstrom that is ahead of us

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except for [our] good deeds and the divine mercy.

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In this {Abi Hamza] prayer, we say, “O God! Have mercy on me!” have mercy on us in there [when we are dying].

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"And bestow your extended mercy on me when they are washing me [at the morgue],”

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we ask God] that at the time after we have died and [they] are washing [our dead body],

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[we ask] the Almighty God, in that state, to bestow upon us his mercy, [and] his forgiveness, and have mercy on us.

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Without any power we are at the mercy of the hands of the washer;

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this is true about every single one [of us], I and you;

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none of us will be far and free from this situation;

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this will happen to all of us; let’s [always] remember that moment

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“…and at the time of me being carried when my relatives are carrying corners of my corpse;”

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they lift us, put [our dead body] on their shoulders, take it toward our permanent and perennial abode.

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“And treat me kindly, when I arrive before you alone in my grave;”

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they will put us in the grave.

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This is a reminder; such situations must not be forgotten; they must be always before our eye.

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[The fact] that they recommend us to go to the graveyard,

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pay pilgrimage to the dead, this is one reason and cause for it.

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Some people do not like that somebody remind them of death;

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no [you must not hate that because] this is a treatment; this is medication;

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a cure for our selfishness, a cure for our neglects, [and] a cure for our debaucheries.

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In another part of the honorable Abi Hamza prayer [we read]:

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“God, have mercy on me at the time that my reasoning is of no good

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and my tongue is unable to answer you, and my sanity fails me when you [start to] question me;”

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at that time that we fall short of [responding to] the divine question and are stuck,

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our reasoning reaches its end;

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it is not like here that we can take the opposite side away from the reality by taking advantage of his ignorance, of his neglect,

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[or] of his emotions. There, everything is evident

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to He who asks us a question. That moment must be born in mind.

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In another part [of the prayer we say]:

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“I cry on my getting out of the grave naked;”

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read this prayer at dawns in the month of Ramadan with attention;

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“[naked and] humiliated with my heavy burden on my back. I look to the right and then to the left

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just to see that people are occupied with things other than my things;”

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everybody is thinking about themselves; nobody will help me there.

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“Every one of them, on the Day [of Resurrection], will have enough concern (of their own) to make them indifferent to others. Some faces that day will be beaming [with happiness and are] laughing, [and] rejoicing;”

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the faithful, [and] the pious, [and] those people who were careful about themselves

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and did not get out of the path of righteousness and fairness and fulfilling [their] divine duty, are examples of this sentence;

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“some faces that day will be beaming [with happiness and are] laughing, [and] rejoicing;”

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open faces, laughing, beaming; some people are like that.

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“And other faces that day will be dust-stained; blackness will cover them;”

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the Quranic verse is up to here [but] in [Abi Hamza] prayer, this word has been added: “and humiliation.”

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Of course, this is not the sole theme; the prayers of the month of Ramadan, like all other prayers,

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drag us toward that delicate, pleasant and desirable spring of divine mercy.

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This month, is the month of humbleness, the month of asking for forgiveness, the month of piety,

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the month of returning to God, the month of [spiritual] reconstruction, [and is] the month of ethics.

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In the sermon of the last Friday of the month of Sha’ban by Prophet [Mohammad (PBUH)]

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there are items which show that this month is not just a month of worship,

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it is also a month for ethics; [a time for] learning moral virtues [and] the use of moral virtues.

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These are [main] things to which we must pay attention in this month.

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In this very sensitive and important meeting, I have considered three issues to discuss.

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One [of these issues] is the issue of economy, to which reference was made in the remarks of our esteemed president

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and [he] made good remarks and presented good statistics.

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I have a viewpoint in this regard that I will offer.

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One [issue] is the nuclear issue, which today the pivot of many of our efforts;

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both foreign efforts and even our domestic efforts, is this issue.

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[There are] viewpoints that are necessary [for me] to offer and to explain;

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if there were time, I would touch on regional issues [as well].

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As for the issue of economy, I say it this way

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hat the month of Ramadan is the month of piety; [but] what is piety?

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Piety is that state of permanent watchfulness

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that causes human beings not to go astray, and catching thorns do not pin them down.

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Piety is, in fact, a kind of armor, an armor on the body of the pious person,

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which protects and immunizes him against the harm of spiritual venomous arrows and deadly blows;

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of course, this is not only limited to spiritual matters.

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“And for those who fear Allah, He (always) prepares a way out, and He provides for them from (sources) they never could imagine.”

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Even in worldly issues, piety has very important effects; this is about personal piety.

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The same issue can be generalized to a society and a country.

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What is the piety of a country? What is the piety of a society?

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A society, especially if like the society of the Islamic Republic Establishment,

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has lofty and exalted ideals, is prone to aggression;

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is prone to aggression by venomous arrows; [to confront] this [the society] requires piety. What is piety of the society?

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Social piety can be described in various sectors;

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in economic sector; social piety is resistance economy.

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If with regard to economy, we don’t want to be harmed by fluctuations resulting from global events

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or by venomous arrows of hostile global policies,

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we have to turn to resistance economy.

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Resistance economy is a factor for steadfastness

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in the face of those people and those powers that are using all their economic and political

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and media and security capacity

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in order to deal a blow to this nation and this country and this establishment.

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One of the ways that they have found for the time being is infiltrating the economy.

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I have issued this warning for years and said [this];

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officials, every one of them, have made good efforts as much as their abilities allowed,

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but we must, with all our power, [and] with all our capacity,

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pursue the issue of resistance economy inside [the country]

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this would be our social piety with regard to the economic issue.

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This model, of course, is not specific to us;

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the model of resistance economy was projected [and] chosen by some other countries

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for themselves, and [they] saw its effect.

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The focal point of resistance economy is internalization as opposed to externalization.

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Internalization must not be taken to mean isolationism;

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internalization with an eye to the outside [world] and with tendency toward [what exists] outside of society,

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but [at the same time] relying on internal capability and internal capacity, which I will discuss to some extent;

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I have already said many things in this regard.

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The policies of resistance economy, which have been formulated and notified,

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do not represent an affair which is sudden, [and] fictitious and based on a personal view;

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this is a product of a collective wisdom; is the product of long consultations;

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after resistance economy was notified and explained with these characteristics

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and was discussed in the media, and [our] friends and colleagues within the esteemed administration

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started activities in this regard and repeated them,

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it [resistance economy] was confirmed by many economic pundits;

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they stressed on it and this term, “resistance economy” entered the prevailing economic culture of the country

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and found a place for itself in economic literature of the country.

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This is indicative of correctness and strength of this path.

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Resistance economy is the opposite of the obsolete model dictated by [the world] powers

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for the so-called developing, or so-called Third World countries.

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They dictated a model – which I do not want to explain that model –

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[claiming] that if Third World countries want to achieve economic growth, [and] economic prosperity,

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and reach the level of global economy, they must follow suit with that model

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whose main stress is on looking outside with its own details.

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This resistance economy is the opposite of that [previous model];

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this is a model which is totally at odds with the thing

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which was relied on and repeated in the obsolete model;

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some people still mention it and talk about it here and there.

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[In resistance economy] reliance is on domestic capacities.

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Some people may imagine that this model is a desirable model,

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but have doubt about its possibility. I categorically say that

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this model is a possible model in our country;

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[application of] the model of resistance economy is totally possible under present conditions of the country.

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We have capacities to do this, many untapped capacities,

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one of which is human capital. This means that educated youth with specialty

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and having self-confidence are numerous in our country

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and this is one of the blessings of the Islamic Revolution;

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of course, if wrong policies do not cause our society to move toward aging.

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For the time being, it is like this; for the time being a large number

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of the workforce in the country is between 20 years and 40 years old;

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with good education, with good mental and intellectual preparedness,

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with high morale, [and] with self-confidence.

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Today, we have 10 million university graduates,

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[and] have more than 4 million students studying [at universities],

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which is about 25 times higher than [the figure we had in] the early years [after the victory] of the Islamic Revolution.

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Since the outset of the Islamic Revolution up to now, the country’s population has doubled

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and the population of students has increased 25 times;

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this is among honorable achievements of the Islamic Revolution; this is human capital;

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this is a great opportunity.

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Another capacity is the economic position of our country.

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According to official global statistics,

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the Islamic Republic ranks 20th in [terms of] economy in the world;

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we rank 20th

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and have enough capacity to reach the 12th rank

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because there are still many unused capacities in the country;

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we have natural resources, [and we] have oil; in terms of oil and gas [reserves], we rank first in the world;

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our total oil and gas [reserves] are higher than all other countries in the world;

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we have many other mines.

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Another capacity is the superb geographical situation of the country;

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in regional and global geography, we are the connecting link of north to south and east to west,

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which is of very extraordinary importance for the issue of transit [of goods], f

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or the transport of energy and commodities, and so forth.

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Another capacity is being neighbor to 15 countries with a population of 370 million;

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that is a market at hand, without the need to go long ways.

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Another capacity is the domestic 70-million-strong market,

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which if we orientate this very domestic market, to national production and domestic production,

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he situation of production [in our country] will change.

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Another capacity is the existence of basic infrastructure in [such sectors as] energy, in rail

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and road and air transportation, in communications, in trade centers, in power plants, in dam [construction];

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these are the infrastructure which has been created during these years through the endeavors of [successive] administrations

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and people’s perseverance and people’s help, and is today at our disposal.

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In addition to all these, [there] are accumulated management experiences

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which these experiences have helped us during recent years

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to have growth in non-oil exports;

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just as the esteemed president presented statistics related to [the Iranian calendar] year [13]93 [March 2014-March 2015], and [during] the years before

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[that] the growth of non-oil exports in our country has been quite tangible, which is a model.

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These capacities exist in the country and of course, these are just part of the capacities.

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Those experts who sit with me and talk [to me] and sometimes write reports for me,

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present a long list of the existing capacities that can be helpful for the country’s economy

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and all these [reports] are correct;

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these capacities must be taken advantage of.

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The current problem with our country is not that we don’t have plans, don’t have correct proposals;

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our problem is that [we] do not pursue the correct proposal and correct plan

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as we should; this is the base of this problem.

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This situation is repeated in elite environments [where they say] the problem with the Islamic Republic

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is not the problem of not having correct proposals; correct proposals are offered a lot;

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the problem is that we must follow up on these correct proposals in such a way in practice

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that [we would] achieve their results;

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[that we would] see their results objectively and with our eyes.

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Well, there are challenges; these challenges cause friction;

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friction causes erosion and exhaustion,

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causes problems; these challenges should be remedied.

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One of these challenges is internal challenges related to ourselves:

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taking a simple and superficial approach to problem [at hand];

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[that we may] be convinced with certain things that we do and do not find out about the depth of the problem.

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Rhetorical and private and intellectual discussions get nowhere;

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movement and action is needed. Oversight in [taking] action is our big challenge.

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Sometimes conclusions and inferences are not short-term,

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[but] are long-term and this [issue] dissuades some people. This is one of the challenges.

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Big works may sometimes bear fruit in the course of one generation;

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[however, such works] must be followed; [and we] must move.

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There are many jobs that if we had started them ten years ago, [or] fifteen years ago,

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today, we had reached their results.

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There are many plans that have been initiated ten years ago, [or] fifteen years ago

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and today we are seeing their results.

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The day when certain things were said in various universities about [launching] a scientific movement in the country,

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[and this topic] was discussed with various groups, nobody imagined

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that this scientific movement, which has been launched in these ten [or] fifteen years,

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would come into being; but it did [come into being]. Our scholars, our scientists,

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our universities, and our talented youth endeavored.

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Today, we, as compared to 12-13 years ago,

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have made a great movement in scientific terms and have greatly

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and, in some cases, amazingly progressed in certain fields.

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[Let’s] begin the work as of today, [so that] we would see its result fifteen years, [or] twenty years from now.

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One of our challenges is [recourse] to parallel and easy, but lethal ways;

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this is one of our challenges.

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I don’t forget when I was the president – about 25 years [ago] –

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for the import of a commodity [that was] needed by the society,

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which we obtained it by a lot of trouble from Europeans,

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[but] Africans had the same commodity, had its good-quality version as well,

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[but] our friends in charge were not ready. It was recommended, emphasized,

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in meetings that we held, they both confirmed, and substantiated, but it was difficult [to work with Africans];

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it was easier to work with Europe. [We must avoid] a parallel, easy way, but at the same time, harmful,

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which faces one with a dilemma, weakens one’s friends,

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strengthens one’s enemies and gives the control of an affair inside the country

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to those who are our enemies in their hearts.

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This is one of the challenges that somebody would imagine that if we give up our ideological fundaments,

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[and] ideological fundaments of the Islamic Republic Establishment,

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[then] the ways would open up and closed gates would open,

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which this is a very big and essential error.

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Of course, our brethren in the serving government are acting with [complete] belief;

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they really believe in the revolution, believe in the fundaments of the revolution [and believe in the principles of the revolution;

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I have no complaint of them. However, there are some people among our officials,

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who think that if we give up some of our principles and fundaments,

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many closed doors would open to us; while this is not the case;

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this is a great error and we have seen the results of this error in some other countries

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– which I don’t want to mention by name – during this period of recent few years.

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The path to progress goes through steadfastness;  [and goes through] insistence on the fundaments.

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One of the challenges is for somebody to imagine that people would not tolerate [difficulties];

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no, people have tolerated problems.

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If it is truly explained to people,

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[if] the reality of affairs is explained to people with honesty,

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our people are faithful people; they will stand fast, [and] will resist.

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One of the challenges is to have doubts about internal abilities [of our country];

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[that] we don’t trust our young scientist,

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[that] we don’t trust popular and nongovernmental groups in economic affairs;

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this is one of the challenges. We must trust [them];

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we must involve people in the huge economic cycle of the country.

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After all, what we need to do with regard to issues related to

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resistance economy, one of them is [to have] firm resolve;

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we must try through firm resolve

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to realize resistance economy in its true sense inside [the country];

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[another matter is]also to avoid oversight, to avoid seeking comfort [in life], and to rely on studious management;

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studious management, which I brought up last year and emphasized

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that this is not limited to this year, it is for always;

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we need studious management. I

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In early years after the revolution, during the war and throughout these thirty-odd years,

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whenever we have relied on studious management, we have been successful.

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studious management may sometimes lead to losses,

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but [at the end] it will progress and do the job.

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Reliance on the divine power, putting trust in the Almighty God,

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doing the job with foresight and rationality, but with firm resolve,

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without doubt and without fear of consequences, this is studios management.

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Of course, permanent promotion of a culture proportionate to resistance economy is also necessary.

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Everybody, both the IRIB, and officials of the press and other media, and state officials,

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officials of the legislature, Friday Prayers leaders across the country and everybody who has a tribune

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and can talk to people,they should promote the culture proportionate to resistance economy

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including saving, [and] including consumption of domestic products.

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Of course, when it comes to saving and also with regard to consumption of domestic products,

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state officials are the main addressees

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because one of the most important consumers in the country is the administration itself;

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the administration must insist and consider itself obligated and bound to take advantage of domestic products;

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even with some oversight; no problem with that.

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Sometimes they say a certain item does not have the quality of its foreign counterpart; no problem;

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if we want it to obtain quality, we must help it.

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[If] we help, its quality will increase; otherwise, it will decrease day after day

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Serious struggle against illogical imports is one of the necessary steps;

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serious struggle against smuggling is one of the necessary steps;

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paying attention to small and intermediate businesses

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– on which I put emphasis this year, at the beginning of the year – is a very necessary step;

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revision of monetary policies and the activities of the country’s banking system,

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to which I also pointed at the beginning of the year and about which experts and concerned people

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have important things to say and these views must be heard and attention must be paid to them.

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These are steps that we have to take.

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Of course, the main conditions for the realization of these goals are empathy and common language,

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and this solidarity that the esteemed president pointed to;

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the administration must be helped; the officials must be helped; [because] they are in the middle of the arena.

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Unnecessary conflicts and unnecessary complications must be avoided;

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complications from any side are unacceptable and undesirable.

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Everybody must help and [make] this huge movement, God willing, bear fruit.

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This was my comments about economic issues.

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I believe that we can take great steps in the field of economy

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and have hope that, God willing, we would go through this difficult pass.

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With regard to nuclear issue, I mention three points at first and as introduction,

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then there are certain matters in this regard that I will explain.

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The first point is that what I say here in this meeting or in [other] public meetings,

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is exactly the same things that I say in private meetings

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to officials, to the esteemed president and to others.

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This propaganda line that we have seen and [still] see they are following

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[by claiming] that some red lines that are officially announced,

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are crossed over in private meetings, [this] is unreal and a lie.

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What I say to you here or in [other] public meetings,

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is exactly the same things that I say to friends, to officials,

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[and] to [nuclear] negotiating team; I say the same things; the remarks are the same.

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The second point [is that] I consider the [nuclear] negotiating team

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– these very friends who have shouldered all these troubles during this period –

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both trustworthy, and zealous, and brave, and religious; everybody must know this.

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Most of you who are present here are not abreast of the content of the negotiations;

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if you were informed about the content of the negotiations and details of the negotiations and what goes on in meetings,

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you would have certainly admitted to part of what I said.

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Of course, in addition to these, I know some of these [negotiator] friends up-close;

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and know others from afar according to their track records; these are religious and trustworthy people;

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these are trustworthy; their purpose is to facilitate the work of the country,

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[and to] undo the knot, and are making effort to this end.

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Fairly speaking, they have national zeal, they have bravery,

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– which now I don’t want to use a real proportionate term [to describe them]

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because there are sometimes terms which are really suitable for description [of certain people]

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but, well, it is not befitting for me to say them

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[they] face a great number of people

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– and fairly speaking, they express their positions in the face of them with complete bravery, [and] with complete preciseness;

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they pursue and they follow up [on their goals].

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The third point is about the respectable critics.

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I am not against criticism; no problem with that;

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criticism is necessary and helpful,

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however, everybody must note that to criticize is easier than to act.

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We easily see the flaws of the opposite side in the field that they are,

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while his risks, his difficulties,

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his concerns, [and] his problems are not seen by one.

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It is as if you are standing by a swimming pool, [and] are watching;

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a person has gone aloft and wants to dive from a height of 10 meters.

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Well, he dives, you, who are standing by the pool

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say, ‘What! His leg was bent, his knee was bent; this is a flaw’.

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Yes, this is a flaw, but you take the trouble and ascend the diving board

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and look down to the water from the end of that 10-meter [height]; [and] then pass a judgment! Criticism is easy.

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[Of course,] what I say must not prevent criticism; do criticize,

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but also note that criticism must take into account

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the fact that the other side may be aware of some flaws that we mention in our criticism,

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[but] well [they] have reached this conclusion or have been forced to this point by the necessities or any other reason.

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Of course, I don’t want to say that these [negotiators] are infallible; no, they are not infallible;

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one may, in some places, make errors in recognition [of the situation] and in practice.

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However, the important point is that I believe in their trustworthiness, and in their religiosity,

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and in their zeal and in their bravery.

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These are three necessary points that I said as introduction to my remarks.

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[Let me] tell you a short history of these negotiations;

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these negotiations that are in fact more than our negotiations with the P5+1 [group];

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[it is] negotiation with Americans.

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Americans demanded these negotiations.

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It is related to the time of the 10th administration.

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These negotiations started before coming [to office] of this [incumbent] administration.

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They demanded, resorted to intermediaries

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and one of the respectable [politicians] in the region came here and had a meeting with me.

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[He] said the president of America had called him and asked him

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and said that we want to resolve the nuclear issue with Iran

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and we want to remove the sanctions as well.

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There were two basic points in his remarks:

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one that he said ‘we would recognize Iran as a nuclear power’

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and secondly, he said ‘we would remove the sanctions gradually in a matter of six months.

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Come, sit down and negotiate. [Let] this be done.’

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I told that respectable intermediary that we have no trust in Americans,

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one cannot trust what they say. He [the intermediary] said, ‘Now, you can test [them].’

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I said, ‘Well, we will test [them] this time again. This was how negotiations started.

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Let me say a point for the attention of officials and everybody must pay attention to this:

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in global encounters, the logic of global encounter

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necessitates that we take two arenas into account.

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One arena is the arena of reality and action;

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one arena is the arena of reality and action, which this arena is the main arena.

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In the arena of reality and in the arena ofaction, an official, who is doing an activity,

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creates, [and] produces assets in the arena of action; this is one arena.

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One [other] arena is the arena of diplomacy and politics,

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which assets in this arena of diplomacy and politics and negotiations

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are turned into advantages for the country; [those assets are] turned into national interest.

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If your hands are empty in the first arena,

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you cannot accomplish anything in the second arena;

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one must, in the first arena – that is, in the arena of action, the arena of reality, [and] on the ground.

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have achievements [and] asset

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The day that we entered these negotiations

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we had an acceptable and important achievement;

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we felt that we are entering [the negotiations] with our hands full.

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Our achievement in that day included that we had been able

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while all nuclear powers had refrained

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to give us 20-percent nuclear fuel for Tehran [Research Reactor]

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– which we needed nuclear medicines –

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we had been able to produce 20-percent [nuclear] fuel under conditions of sanctions.

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[Then we had managed to] turn this 20-percent fuel into fuel plates and use it.

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Our opposite side was checkmated! It is a long story, perhaps many of you know about it;

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through long negotiations, they did not accept to give us – that is, to sell [to us] - 20-percent [fuel]

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or allow another party to sell it to us.

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We said, we produce [the fuel] inside [the country]; our youths, these scientists of ours,

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this very hard-working, full-of-hope, [and] self-reliant [social] class, could take the other side by surprise;

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they produced 20-percent [fuel] and you know, perhaps I have said this one more time,

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that in nuclear enrichment, the important and difficult part

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is to move from three-percent and four-percent [enrichment] to 20-percent;

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from 20-percent to 90–percent [enrichment] is a very simple move.

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When somebody achieves 20-percent [enrichment], the next stage is very easy.

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The difficult and important part is this part from 5.3 percent to 20 percent.

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This difficult path was trod by our youths and [they] produced 20-percent [fuel]

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and produced the fuel plate; this was one of our achievements.

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We entered the talks with this spirit.

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The strategy of resistance and enduring against pressures had born fruit.

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Americans admitted that sanctions had no effect;

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just as they mentioned this [in their words]. This is a totally correct analysis.

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Americans reached the conclusion that sanctions can no more have the effect desired by them.

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They were looking for another way; they understood that we could get our hands on advanced technology without dependence [on them];

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on [the basis] of this logic, we trusted and entered the negotiations.

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Of course, we did not give up caution.

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From the outset, our attitude toward the [American] negotiators and American side was a suspicious attitude.

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According to experiences we had, we did not trust them, [and therefore] we first entered [the negotiations] with some reservation.

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It was our viewpoint that if they lived up to their words,

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well, there would be no problem [to go on with the negotiations]; we were ready to pay a price;

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that is, we do not believe that in a negotiation, no price must be paid,

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no backtrack on part of issues must be allowed;

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No. we were ready to pay a correct, and logical and rational price;

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however, we sought a good agreement. Let me say this here:

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we say good agreement [and] Americans also say good agreement;

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however, when we say good agreement, we mean a fair and just agreement;

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when they say good agreement, [they want] a totalitarian agreement.

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A little bit into the negotiations, excessive demands of the other side started [to be put forth];

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everyday a [certain] claim, a pretext. Six months turned into a year,

433
00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:20,640
it became longer; the negotiations continued in different ways;

434
00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:29,960
bargaining and excessive demands prolonged the negotiations,

435
00:55:30,240 --> 00:55:39,480
[they] threatened [us], threat to [impose] more sanctions, even threatened [us] with the use of militarism;

436
00:55:40,760 --> 00:55:45,560
they posed these threats; [they talked about options available] on the table and below the table and these things that you have heard.

437
00:55:48,040 --> 00:55:50,600
Such has been behavior of these people up to the present day.

438
00:55:51,280 --> 00:55:59,680
Anybody studying the course of Americans’ demands in this period

439
00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:12,080
and look at the quality of what they have said will reach this conclusion; this is one of the two basic points:

440
00:56:12,240 --> 00:56:18,440
their goal is to eradicate and destroy nuclear industry in the country;

441
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:24,200
this is the goal; they are pursuing this [goal];

442
00:56:27,440 --> 00:56:33,280
their purpose is to eliminate nuclear nature of the country;

443
00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:42,320
even though a name, a meaningless picture, a caricature-like thing may exist,

444
00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:45,760
but they intend not to allow this nuclear movement of the country,

445
00:56:45,880 --> 00:56:55,720
the nuclear industry of a country with the goals that the Islamic Republic Establishment has, be realized.

446
00:56:56,000 --> 00:57:02,600
We have announced that by a due date, we must have 20,000 megawatts of nuclear power;

447
00:57:02,600 --> 00:57:04,240
this is what the country needs;

448
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:11,720
20,000 megawatts of nuclear power is an essential need for the country;

449
00:57:11,720 --> 00:57:16,240
this [figure] has been calculated by calculating organs of the country,

450
00:57:17,120 --> 00:57:18,880
They want to prevent this from happening.

451
00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:27,320
which of course, on its sidelines, there are many benefits, and many other needs [of the country] will be met.

452
00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:34,240
of course, at the same time that they want to eliminate this industry,

453
00:57:34,240 --> 00:57:36,000
they also want to maintain the pressure;

454
00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:44,440
they do not intend to remove the sanctions – as you observe – in full;

455
00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:49,880
[and they] also threaten that they will impose more sanctions. This is one point.

456
00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:57,560
The second point is that our opposite side, that is, the current administration and current management of America,

457
00:57:57,720 --> 00:58:02,400
needs this agreement; this is another side of this issue.

458
00:58:03,160 --> 00:58:12,160
They need this [agreement]; it would be considered a great victory for them if

459
00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:16,840
they could achieve their goal in this regard.

460
00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:23,520
This would be, in fact, victory over the Islamic Revolution; victory over a nation that has a claim to independence;

461
00:58:24,440 --> 00:58:28,640
victory over a country which can be role model for other countries;

462
00:58:28,960 --> 00:58:34,240
the management apparatus of America needs this [agreement].

463
00:58:34,600 --> 00:58:38,520
All bickering and bargaining and breach of promises

464
00:58:38,520 --> 00:58:43,640
and cheating that they do are based on these two issues.

465
00:58:44,560 --> 00:58:52,280
We entered [negotiations] logically from the onset; talked logically; did not put forth excessive demands;

466
00:58:54,320 --> 00:58:59,800
we said the other side has imposed an oppressive sanction,

467
00:59:00,960 --> 00:59:06,720
we want this sanction to be lifted; very well, this is a give-and-take;

468
00:59:07,880 --> 00:59:13,000
we have no problem in this regard to give something [and in return] take something in order for sanctions to be removed;

469
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:19,480
however, the nuclear industry should not be stopped; should not be damaged;

470
00:59:19,480 --> 00:59:23,480
this is our first say; we have said this from the outset and followed it up to the present day.

471
00:59:25,120 --> 00:59:31,480
The most important red lines that exist are these [issues] that I am going to explain.

472
00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:37,960
I have mentioned certain things as the main points;

473
00:59:38,520 --> 00:59:41,840
these are the most important; of course, there are other things besides these [important things].

474
00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:47,680
One is that they insist on long-term restriction [of Iran's nuclear activities];

475
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:54,840
we said that we don’t accept restrictions for 10 years, 12 years and the likes of that;

476
00:59:55,160 --> 01:00:01,440
ten years is a lifetime; all that we have achieved in this period

477
01:00:02,040 --> 01:00:09,960
has taken about ten years! Yes, the history of nuclear [industry] in the country is longer than this,

478
01:00:10,160 --> 01:00:13,240
which is sometimes said in some remarks.

479
01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:18,720
However, in those first years, in fact, nothing had been done;

480
01:00:18,840 --> 01:00:23,520
the basic and major steps were taken in about the recent 10-15 years.

481
01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:34,600
We do not accept 10-year restriction [on nuclear activities]; I have told a certain amount of years, which is acceptable to us,

482
01:00:34,600 --> 01:00:42,960
to the [nuclear] negotiating team [and] have told them how much restriction we have accepted;

483
01:00:43,840 --> 01:00:47,640
however, I have said the number of years of restriction;

484
01:00:47,640 --> 01:00:51,800
we do not accept 10 years and 12 years [of restriction] and these things that these people [Western negotiating side] say.

485
01:00:53,440 --> 01:00:57,760
During this period of restriction that we will accept,

486
01:00:58,520 --> 01:01:05,440
the work on research and development and manufacture [of centrifuges] must go on,

487
01:01:05,720 --> 01:01:10,760
which this is among red lines on which esteemed officials have emphasized;

488
01:01:10,760 --> 01:01:16,320
they have said that we are not ready to stop research and development; [and] they are right.

489
01:01:17,720 --> 01:01:22,720
During these years of restriction, research and development must go on.

490
01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:29,320
They [the other negotiating sides] say something else; they say you don’t do anything during 10 years, 12 years or more,

491
01:01:29,320 --> 01:01:36,280
then start production, start manufacture!

492
01:01:37,720 --> 01:01:43,920
Which this is double bullying [and] a double wrong saying.

493
01:01:48,480 --> 01:01:51,000
This is one of the important points:

494
01:01:51,200 --> 01:02:01,040
I stipulate that economic and financial and banking sanctions,

495
01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:10,000
both those that are related to the Security Council, and those that are related to US Congress,

496
01:02:10,520 --> 01:02:13,720
and those that are related to US administration,

497
01:02:14,080 --> 01:02:19,640
must be immediately removed at the time of signing the agreement;

498
01:02:43,320 --> 01:02:46,800
the rest of sanctions must [be lifted] in reasonable intervals.

499
01:02:47,040 --> 01:02:57,920
Of course, with regard to sanctions, Americans have come up with a complex, multilayered, [and] strange formula

500
01:02:59,760 --> 01:03:04,400
whose depths are not clear; it is by no means clear what will come out at the end of it.

501
01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:09,880
I already said that my remarks are clear.

502
01:03:11,240 --> 01:03:13,800
I am not well versed about diplomatic jargon;

503
01:03:13,800 --> 01:03:17,960
what I say is clear and is what I say; this is what I expect.

504
01:03:20,480 --> 01:03:27,840
Another basic point is that removal of sanctions should not be conditioned on the implementation of Iran's obligations;

505
01:03:28,120 --> 01:03:35,600
they cannot say ‘you destroy Arak heavy water reactor,

506
01:03:36,600 --> 01:03:41,120
reduce centrifuges to this number, do these things, do those things,

507
01:03:41,120 --> 01:03:48,680
and when you did, then the [International Atomic Energy] Agency should come [and] attest [and] confirm that you are telling the truth,

508
01:03:48,680 --> 01:03:56,080
and have done these things, then we remove the sanctions’. No. We do not absolutely accept this;

509
01:03:56,400 --> 01:04:05,440
removal of sanctions is not conditioned on the fulfillment of obligations that Iran accepts.

510
01:04:05,840 --> 01:04:09,800
Of course, removal of sanctions has certain executive stages, we accept this;

511
01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:17,400
executive aspects of removal of sanctions should be proportionate to the executive [steps] that Iran will undertake;

512
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:25,800
part of this in return for part of that; another part of this in return for another part of that.

513
01:04:28,440 --> 01:04:31,120
Another basic point is that

514
01:04:31,120 --> 01:04:36,000
we are against any measure [that the Western sides must take] to be conditioned on the Agency’s report.

515
01:04:37,320 --> 01:04:45,360
We are pessimistic toward the Agency. The Agency has shown that it is neither independent, nor just;

516
01:04:46,960 --> 01:04:51,320
it is not independent because it is under the influence of [the world] powers;

517
01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:58,320
it is not just [because] it has ruled and passed judgment against justice time and time again.

518
01:05:01,120 --> 01:05:07,720
In addition, that they say ‘the Agency must make sure that there is no nuclear activity [going on] in the country’,

519
01:05:07,920 --> 01:05:10,960
is an irrational remark. Well, how one can make sure about this?

520
01:05:12,640 --> 01:05:14,600
Basically, what does ‘making sure’ [mean here]?

521
01:05:14,600 --> 01:05:20,120
Unless they search every single house and every inch of the territory of the country!

522
01:05:20,560 --> 01:05:22,080
How else can they make sure [about this]?

523
01:05:22,440 --> 01:05:27,120
Making [any measure by Western sides] conditioned on this issue, is neither logical, nor just.

524
01:05:27,960 --> 01:05:32,960
I am also not agreed to nonconventional inspections;

525
01:05:32,960 --> 01:05:37,440
questioning personalities is also by no means acceptable to me and I am not agreed [to that];

526
01:05:39,440 --> 01:05:44,040
I do not accept inspection of the military sites, as I have already said;

527
01:05:44,800 --> 01:05:51,680
I also do not accept time periods of 15 years and 25 years – which they keep saying 15 years for that thing, [and] 25 years for that thing –

528
01:05:51,680 --> 01:05:54,240
and time periods like this

529
01:05:54,640 --> 01:06:03,680
It is clear [that] this time has a beginning and an end, and will [finally] come to an end.

530
01:06:03,960 --> 01:06:08,000
These are prominent and important issues on which I emphasize;

531
01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:11,680
of course, red lines are not limited to these,

532
01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:19,400
[and] negotiating friends are familiar with my viewpoints; I have told them the details [of my views];

533
01:06:19,560 --> 01:06:22,360
[of course] relevant details and those things that I get involved in;

534
01:06:22,360 --> 01:06:24,640
I do not get involved in many details.

535
01:06:26,840 --> 01:06:29,920
We seek an agreement. If somebody says

536
01:06:30,600 --> 01:06:34,840
that among the officials of the Islamic Republic there is somebody who does not want an agreement,

537
01:06:35,120 --> 01:06:37,360
he would be lying; everybody must know this.

538
01:06:38,000 --> 01:06:45,560
Officials of the Islamic Republic – I, the administration, the parliament, the judiciary, various security,

539
01:06:45,560 --> 01:06:54,480
military and other organs – are all unanimous in this regard, and agree that an agreement must be reached.

540
01:06:56,560 --> 01:07:02,200
Again, all are unanimous that such an agreement must be accompanied with dignity,

541
01:07:03,080 --> 01:07:08,600
[and] expediencies of the Islamic Republic must be carefully and obsessively observed in it;

542
01:07:08,600 --> 01:07:13,560
there is no difference in this regard; the administration, the parliament, I, others and others

543
01:07:13,560 --> 01:07:17,000
are all unanimous in this regard. Our views are the same.

544
01:07:18,280 --> 01:07:26,280
The agreement must be a fair agreement and must meet the interests of the Islamic Republic.

545
01:07:32,400 --> 01:07:40,800
I must also say that we are seeking to eliminate and remove the sanctions;

546
01:07:41,160 --> 01:07:46,800
our goal from the negotiations is the removal of sanctions;

547
01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:50,400
we are seriously seeking to have the sanctions removed;

548
01:07:51,040 --> 01:07:56,400
however, at the same time, we consider the sanctions per se as an opportunity.

549
01:07:57,640 --> 01:08:02,080
It shouldn’t make some people surprised as to how sanction can be an opportunity;

550
01:08:03,560 --> 01:08:06,120
how sanction – such an evil thing – can be an opportunity?

551
01:08:08,360 --> 01:08:11,360
This sanction caused us to reflect on ourselves;

552
01:08:11,880 --> 01:08:16,320
the sanction caused us to think about our internal force,

553
01:08:17,480 --> 01:08:26,040
to seek out internal capacities. [The fact] that we [must] import everything from the outside using the oil money,

554
01:08:27,280 --> 01:08:34,120
for a country like our country, is the worst scourge and the biggest problem,

555
01:08:34,240 --> 01:08:38,520
which unfortunately, this problem plagued our country before the revolution

556
01:08:38,520 --> 01:08:44,480
and still exists to some extent, which we must stop this.

557
01:08:44,880 --> 01:08:53,520
In science, in technology, in various fields, we returned to internal capacities,

558
01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:59,320
[and] God willing, the same will happen to the economy. These are my remarks about the nuclear [issue].

559
01:08:59,960 --> 01:09:05,760
Of course, I had taken down some remarks on regional issues here to tell you,

560
01:09:05,760 --> 01:09:11,240
but as I look at the clock, I see as if it is the prayers time;

561
01:09:11,720 --> 01:09:13,800
[so] I do not bother you more than this.

562
01:09:13,800 --> 01:09:17,960
O Almighty! [We swear you] by Mohammad (PBUH) and the progeny of Mohammad (PBUH) to put what we said and heard[in the service]

563
01:09:17,960 --> 01:09:22,680
for yourself and in your path and in the service of your servants;

564
01:09:23,800 --> 01:09:25,400
purify our intents;

565
01:09:26,600 --> 01:09:32,920
O Almighty! Bring your blessings down on officials, [and] those [who are] active in the administration, in the parliament, in the judiciary,

566
01:09:32,920 --> 01:09:39,600
[and] in the armed forces – [those] who are busy making effort and working;

567
01:09:40,520 --> 01:09:44,800
[and] cover them with your assistance and guidance.

568
01:09:45,760 --> 01:09:48,320
Peace be unto you and so may the mercy of Allah and His blessings.