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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

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You are very welcome, dear brethren and sisters.

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I have already noted

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that having this meeting with our esteemed

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and respectable and dear professors

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is, in the first place, aimed at veneration of the position of [university] professors.

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I want this culture to be established in the country

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that professors should be respected.

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This is one of the greatest teachings in Islamic upbringing.

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About this issue, our past scholars have written book(s),

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narrated traditions, [and have also] pointed to the verses of the Quran.

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This is [the main purpose of this meeting] in the first place; this is a symbolic act,

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n order to praise the [university] professors.

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The second [goal] and the third goal, which is also important

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is that I could hear the views of my brethren and sisters [who are] professors orally,

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and if something occurs to me, tell them [about it].

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Today’s meeting was a very good meeting; it is a pity that time was short

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and I could not take advantage [of the viewpoints] of other professors who were supposed to deliver a speech;

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however, the things that [my] friends said here were very good;

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some of them certainly need follow-up,

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which I will recommend and will follow up [on them].

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I offer two, [or] three points.

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The first point is that [being a university] professor does not simply mean [being a] teacher,

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but also means being a trainer as well;

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this is a natural [and] clear secret for everybody.

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The person from whom we learn a thing and [who] opens a chapter of science to us,

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will naturally sway a [certain degree of] influence on our hearts and our souls;

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we can say that a state of being influenced is created in the trainee as a result of this teaching;

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this is a very great and exceptional opportunity.

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Youths who are not ready to listen and accept the advice of [their] father and grandfather

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and mother and family,

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and at the same time, a word from [their] professor and a motion from [their] professor creates a profound effect on them, are not few.

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Professor is like this. Naturally, teaching is accompanied with an opportunity to train;

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this opportunity should be taken advantage of. If our professor is religious,

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has national zeal, has revolutionary motivation,

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has the spirit of industriousness, naturally, these [traits] are transferred to the student

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If [the professor] is the opposite of these, [it will also have] the same [effect].

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If that professor is a fair and moralist person,

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the possibility of training a fair and moralist student increases;

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the opposite is also true.

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Today, the country needs youths who would be able to be powerful arms

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for the progress of the country, [be] full of faith-based motivation,  [with] religious insight,

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strong will, the courage to act, [and with] self-confidence

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, believing that “we can [do anything],” [having] hope in future,

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seeing future horizons bright and shining

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, [having] the spirit of needlessness – not in the sense of avoiding learning from foreigners,

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which I have never recommended this and will never [do this];

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I am ready to be student to those who know more than me

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–  the spirit of being needless of [and immune to external] influence, imposition

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and abuse of the transfer of science, which is today prevalent in the world of the scientist

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who is [living] in the world of an arrogant power

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– this spirit of needlessness should exist in the youth –

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[in addition to] the spirit of correct understanding of the country’s position

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[to know] where we stand and where we are going to reach and how we can go this way

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– about which there were really clear points in today’s remarks of these professors –

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[and] being firm against encroachment, aggression and harm to national independence;

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we need young people with such spirits.

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Professors can induce and inject and create these spirits, [and] these advantages

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in the young generation that is busy studying and learning science in the country; this is [the true] professor; of course,

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[they should do this] with [a suitable] method, with [a suitable] demeanor, not by giving moral lessons.

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I don’t recommend that professors of science hold moral classes for student; this is a different job.

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Our professors, with their own behavior, with their own remarks, with their own demeanor,

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[and] through expression of opinions in various fields,

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can induce and bring about and create these effects in their students, [and] in today’s youths.

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That I said professors are commanders of the soft war, this is its meaning.

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If that young person – as I said before – is the officer of the soft war,

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the professor is his commander and this is how this command is.

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It was the same in hard war; whenever the commander himself

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was present in the middle of the [battle] field in a sensitive point;

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– the commander of a battalion, commander of a company, [and] commander of a brigade –   that is, if he fought himself,

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it had an extraordinary effect on the soldiers as well. This is not special to us;

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the others are also like this.

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Napoleon slept with his soldiers on the ground with his clothes on;

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the secret of Napoleon’s advances in war in his own time, which is an extraordinary thing,

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is this: soldiers did not simply take order from him orally, they took order in practice.

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Our youths during the eight-year period of [Sacred] Defense acted like this;

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division commander was sometimes ahead of the ordinary soldiers in the warfront;

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was present in the frontlines and sometimes even went on reconnaissance [missions];

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the division commander himself went on reconnaissance!

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Which among world armies this is something meaningless and unacceptable,

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but this happened and this [was the main factor that] led to huge advances

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and surprises of the Sacred Defense period.

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The same is true in soft war.

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The professor should be present in the middle of the arena of this profound, vital and sacred struggle

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– that is, the same thing that we call “soft war”

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which this is also a [form of] sacred defense.

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Today, we have about 70,000 faculty members in the country, which is a cause of pride.

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I remember that in early years of the revolution – in the first half of the 1980s, perhaps even up to the second half [of that decade] –

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the number of faculty members was estimated at about five thousand or six thousand.

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This figure has today reached about seventy thousand;

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this is a cause of honor for the country and a cause of honor for the revolution and a cause of honor for our university [environment].

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Fortunately, a large part of this great and expanded force

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is [made up of] faithful, pious, religious, [and] revolutionary people and [those who] believe in the fundaments of religion and the revolution;

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this is also a very important issue; this [is also] a phenomenon.

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Faithful and revolutionary elements in faculties should be appreciated.

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I say this to our dear managers,

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to officials of the Ministry of Higher Education and Ministry of Health and Medical Education:

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know the value [of such professors]! Esteemed ministers and managing boards of ministries

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should appreciate the presence of such faithful professors and [these] professors, who abide by religious values,

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who have stood firm on their right words and have not been scared

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and withdrawn in the face of this propaganda onslaughts and sly mischief – of many of which I am aware.

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Esteemed managers! Appreciate [the value] of faithful elements and faithful professors in universities.

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This is the first point about the importance of the [university] professors.

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If I could meet with all these 70,000 dear professors across the country,

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I would have certainly done this and if I could hear a word from every one of them, I would have heard [it];

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however, well, it is clear that my reach is inadequate and this sweet and valuable date is on a very high date palm.

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The second point is about the issue of science.

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Fortunately, today the scientific movement in the country has turned into a current;

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this is an established current in the country and there is no doubt about it.

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During these past 10-15 years, our professors, our scientists, [and] our youths have worked in this field

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and we observe its outcomes in [the form of] the ascending scientific ranking of the country.

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We have reached the 16th scientific rank in the world, [and] this is very important;

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our ranking was considerably behind and lower than this;

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they] have taken the country to the 16th rank and this is a valuable issue.

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There are few points here: the first point is that

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reaching a high scientific rank by us was the result of the extraordinary speed of [the scientific] work [in the country].

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According to global statistics, the speed of scientific progress in the country

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has been 13 times higher than the world’s average.

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This has been announced by scientific statistics centers of the world, which we have already [and] frequently announced before.

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This speed has [somehow] decreased today. [The fact] that some people say we are lagging behind in terms of scientific progress,

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[and] others say no, we are not lagging behind and both [of them] produce figures [to back their claims],

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its key is here: Yes, apparently [we] have not come down from 16th or 15th [scientific] rank

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– this is true – but we should have advanced more;

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I mean, that speed [of scientific progress] should have continued; that speed has decreased today.

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Dear brethren and officials of ministries should pay attention [to this point]; that speed does not exist today.

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Do something so that the speed of [the country’s] scientific growth would not subside;

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again, in the words of military men in [the arena of] the hard war, this movement should not lose steam.

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Of course, I know that the more we advance, this speed will naturally reduce;

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that is, when we are remarkably lagging behind, there are more untapped capacities,

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which as we proceed, these capacities will naturally reduce because they are taken advantage of

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– I know this – but that necessary and suitable speed in country’s scientific progress should not reduce.

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The second point is that the scientific environment of the country should be kept away from marginal issues.

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Don’t get me wrong; I am not saying that politics should not exist in universities

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– perhaps many [of you] remember that I many years ago in this very meeting in the month of Ramadan [and] in the presence of [university] professors,

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used a sharp term for [describing] those people who want

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to get the politics out of universities and out of students’ [lives],

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which caused many people to complain [about what I said] – no, I believe that the environment in the university is the environment of political understanding,

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political analysis, political science, [and] political awareness; I don’t prohibit this; no.

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[But I say] politicization should be avoided, politicking should be avoided, [getting involved in] marginal issues should be avoided.

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Such marginal issues harm the main job [of the universities] which is scientific work and [achieving] scientific progress

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with all characteristics that this issue has.

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One of the most erroneous things that happened in these recent one [or] two years was this issue of scholarships.

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Even if this allegation was right – which of course, they later investigated and it became clear that it was not correct in that form –

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it was not like what newspapers played with;

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I was given accurate reports on the basis of probes

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– it was not right to take this issue to newspapers.

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A number of people obtained a privilege against the law;

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very well, there is a legal way [to deal with this]: undo those privileges; no fuss is necessary.

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To incite uproar is to create marginal issues and this is poison to a scientific environment,

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which must do its work in peace.

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Unfortunately, some people gave this poison to universities on the basis of the same grounds

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of the theoretical view that is rooted in politicization and politicking; why?

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In addition, [some people] were wronged – many people were wronged – while this step was against the law

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[and] this step was against the foresight, and was against ethics; then they keep talking about ethics;

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“why those people who order others to recant, they themselves recant less frequently!” Was this step ethical?

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[Involvement in] marginal issues should not be allowed. Don’t let the higher education environment to be plagued with marginal issues.

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The next issue is the issue of humanities.

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We are lagging behind in the field of humanities.

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The friends who talked about the humanities,

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correctly put emphasis on the importance of humanities, even in industry; this is true.

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his statistics that this dear brother of us gave were interesting for me,

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who said in industrial progress, about 40 percent, for example, - or 50 percent

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– is related to engineering issues and is related to technical issues,

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[and] about 50 [or] 60 percent is related to issues of humanities – such as management, cooperation, [and] hard work;

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he is right; this is very important.

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In the field of humanities, today, fortunately, a number of brethren

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said good things, [which] were what I had in mind;

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of course, I have said them orally [as well]; these issues have been at times said by me.

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Humanities are very important.

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Change in humanities, which is a necessary and imperative step for many reasons,

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needs dynamism from inside and support from outside

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Fortunately, the dynamism from inside exists today.

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I see [the report on the proceedings] both at the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution

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– this [Humanities] Transformation Council and friends who are working there – and in universities,

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and as you saw today

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[through remarks] of some friends who talked about humanities,

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[everything] shows that this internal dynamism from inside universities

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does exist and that [has been created] by pundits and by erudite people;

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[therefore] the support from the outside must also exist

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– various kinds of support – [and] one of the examples of this support

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is compliance of university and the Ministry [of Higher Education] with the decisions of the [Humanities] Transformation Council.

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[They] have made some decisions which today one of these brethren stated that

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as much as work has been done [so far] this amount [of work] should be put into action;

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as much effort has been made, [or] work has been done, this must be put into action and become operational.

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[This work and efforts] should not remain limited to offices and books and files – and as put by him, in the tortuous corridors of the Ministry [of Higher Education]

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or the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution – it should be made operational; this is completely true.

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The Ministry [of Higher Education] must pay attention to this point. Mr. Dr. Farhadi [minister of higher education] is sitting here;

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these are things to which I especially draw his attention to follow up on this issues;

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this work is a big work. Today, these good brethren of me are at the helm of science in the country

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and at the helm of university [affairs] in the country;

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these [people] must follow up on [these issues] in true sense of the word and with due concern.

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Another point is the issue of share of the research [sector] from [annual public] budget.

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Of course, about these issues that I bring up here, some explanation is necessary,

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but it is close to the prayers call and I cannot expand this discussion very much.

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The budgetary share of research is important.

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For a few years, I have been emphasizing on this issue both in this meeting and in other meetings and in private meetings

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with executive officials of the country.

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Unfortunately, information that is given to me and the report that is given to me

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shows that no, what I say is [treated just] like [a simple] advice;

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an advice [like] somebody, who is delivering a sermon and gives an advice;

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[what I have said about budget] has been dealt with from this angle; this [however,] this is not the case; effort should be made.

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Now, in [the 20-year] Vision [Plan] four percent of the public budget has been considered for research.

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Now, our resolve is not very firm [for the allocation of this amount of budget to the research sector] in the short run;

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however, the same 1.5 percent or 2 percent which is possible and is being talked about, should be done;

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the budgets that still exist for research [sector] are limited to some hundredth of percent;

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this is one issue. One [more issue] is correct and planned spending of financial resources in research;

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they should be spent correctly and be correctly put in the [right] place.

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The next point is the issue of the comprehensive scientific roadmap [of the country];

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well, the comprehensive scientific roadmap has been completed through endeavors and efforts of [our] friends and has reached [a certain] point,

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and a complete [and] good document has been prepared for the country, which is very helpful.

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Those people who are experts, after the comprehensive scientific roadmap of the country was prepared

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– according to what has been reported and transferred to me – have confirmed [the roadmap];

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namely, it is not the case that a major problem a major fault could be found with this thing [roadmap]

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that has been prepared at the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution. No such thing exists;

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that is, [the roadmap] has been confirmed; nonetheless, this comprehensive scientific roadmap should be made operational,

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the first step of which is to build [the necessary] discourse.

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I have heard that the friends who travel to cities,

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and] attend [various meetings] in the country’s universities, they say many professors

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[– let along students – and even [state] managers are not duly informed about the comprehensive scientific roadmap of the country.

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Now, one of the friends said here that many [people] are not informed about the Resistance Economy that you say;

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yes, this is one of the weaknesses of our work.

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If we want a goal to be realized,

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the first step is to change that goal into an accepted discourse;

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the issue of science was a case like this, which turned into a discourse

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and, naturally, entered the practical course, was made operational,

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and turned into a current; this [issue] is also like that.

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Issues related to the comprehensive scientific roadmap of the country should be turned into a discourse

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and be implemented seriously; this is one point.

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Among secondary issues there is also another important point

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and that is the higher education planning document.

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[The fact] that one of [our] friends pointed out that “if all the things which we have in mind

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become our priorities, it would mean that we have no priority at all;” this is a true remark and reasonable saying.

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That they said “we in a number of industrial disciplines

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[must] clearly say that we want to progress in these disciplines

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and [we must] make human and financial investment [in them]

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and [allocate] various [kinds] of resolve and abilities [to them];” this is [also] a totally true saying.

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I once said this about sports;

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I said that we can rank first or second [in the world] in a number of sports fields;

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very well, let’s pay attention to them; in some fields of sports, no, we have no hope of ranking first and second [in the world];

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I mean in championships and in world competitions.

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They happened to do this; that is, they took certain steps in these fields and [those steps]

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were useful and effective as well. It is the same in this field.

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Look and see which scientific discipline

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n which university and in what region of the country enjoys priority;

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this is the meaning of scientific territorial planning of the country.

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[We must see] in what universities what disciplines must be followed

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and [then] invest in them and hold them accountable and demand [results] from them.

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This is also an issue that this document should be completed and come into force and be worked on.

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What I say in conclusion is that dear brethren, [and] dear sisters!

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Know the value of the work that you are doing.

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More valuable and more respectable than this, no work, among the works that are available to us, can be found.

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You have undertaken big works [to do] which [you] are doing.

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At the Ministry of Science, [Research and Technology], resolve and perseverance to work must be increased day by day,

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if we want such works to be done.

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I, of course, have jotted down certain things. [One of those things is]

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the issue of the rising number of students in postgraduate courses

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– which fortunately, that number has remarkably increased in this recent years

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and this is a very extraordinary advantage.

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However, correct planning should be done for [making the most of] the output of this important phenomenon.

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In postgraduate courses, students seek to do research on something,

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write something, prepare a thesis; [and] this needs a system,

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needs a large-scale viewpoint, [and also] needs general guidance [to determine]

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that what should be prepared of which the country would be able to take advantage.

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If this did not happen, we would have squandered [our] resources; both the professor, and the student,

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and the money, and the management, and various other facilities would be wasted.

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Such large-scale viewpoints, such large-scale planning;

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such large-scale organization of issues related to the Ministry of Science, [Research and Technology]

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are among basic steps that must be taken

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and [Gordian] knots facing the country, God willing, must be cut in this way.

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The work that you, professors, are doing is an important work.

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The work that the scientific management system of the country is doing

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– most of which by ministries and the science [and technology] department of the presidency – is an important work; attach importance to this work;

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this [work] should be scheduled and assessed in a real way; know what an important work is being done.

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Just as some friends pointed out in their speeches,

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the goal of the enemies of the Iranian nation is not to allow this country

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and this nation to achieve its rightful position; that civilizational position [that it deserves];

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[because] they have felt that this movement has already begun in the county; sanctions [imposed on Iran] are for this reason.

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Yes, I also believe that the target of the sanctions is not just the nuclear issue,

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it is not [even] the human rights issue, [and] is not the issue of terrorism.

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[There is a story that a group of people] asked why that person did not cry to preacher who sang a [religious mourning] hymn for [Hazrat] Ali Asghar [the youngest son of Imam Hossein (PBUH), who was killed in Karbala]?

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[Others] said [in response] that he himself has beheaded one hundred [children like] Ali Asghar; now you expect him to cry to the mourning hymn of Ali Asghar?

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These [people] are themselves harboring terrorism, these are themselves against human rights;

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these are [just] seeking to mount pressure on a country for human rights.

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This is not the problem; the problem is a very higher calculation and beyond these sayings;

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that is, a nation, a movement, [and] an identity has come into being

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based on resources and fundaments [that are] exactly the opposite of the fundaments of the arrogant system and the system of oppression and being oppressed;

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they don’t want this to get anywhere; we are in such a situation;

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we are in such a position. We must move, [and] we must try.

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Sanctions, of course, cause some troubles, but it is possible for them not to prevent progress [of the country];

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we [must] take advantage of our capacities. And you, professors, play a role in this regard;

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and the Ministry of Science, [Research and Technology], and [other] ministries related to the issue of science, play essential and important roles;

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value these roles and pursue [them] and, God willing, ask the Almighty God for help.

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This honorable verse [of the Quran] that our friends recited - [also says]:

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“…if you assist Allah, He will assist you and plant firmly your feet;”

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– this is inviolable divine promise.

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O Almighty! For the sake of the blessing of these days and these nights,

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for the blessing of the sanctified blood of Amir al-Mo’menin [Imam Ali (PBUH)]

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and the pure bloods that have been spilt in the path of Truth during these years

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– and in our country, martyrs made their appearance and emerged -,

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for the blessing of these bloods, for the blessing of these struggles, [and] for the blessing of this sanctities,

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bring our nation close to honor and true happiness day by day.

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O Almighty! Those who are struggling in this path, those who are active in this path,

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including esteemed professors and students and [all] those who endeavor in the path of science

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, bestow your blessings on all of them;

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[and] resurrect the pure soul of our honorable Imam [Khomeini] and the pure souls of [our] martyrs with the martyrs of the early years of Islam.

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