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In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

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الحمدلله ربّ العالمين

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و الصّلاة و السّلام علي سيّدنا محمّد و آله الطّاهرين

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First of all, you are very welcome dear youths

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and meeting with you for the likes of me is really energizing

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as well as hope inspiring.

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When one sees young and ready-to-work and determined and talented faces,

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the hope that the Almighty God, thank God, has put in my heart, and this hope has also increased on a daily basis, starts to thrive.

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I hope, God willing, all of you and all the youths of this country

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would come under the divine guidance and the divine favor

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and would be able to be useful for the future of their country and, in the next stage,

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for the future of humanity, God willing.

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Well, I have something repetitive to say, about which I don’t want to talk a lot now,

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and that [repetitive remark] is the huge wealth of manpower [in the country].

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The real wealth of a country is that country’s manpower,

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especially if [that manpower] is [made up of] young and intelligent [people].

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In my remarks during past years, I frequently talked about the high intelligence of Iranians

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compared to the average [IQ] in the world;

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some people thought that this was out of nationalistic sentiments and [due to] the love of nation and things like that;

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however, this was not the case. I had statistical figures on this issue

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and, fortunately, one can hear in the past two [or] three years from renowned personalities of the world

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– even politicians and enemies of the Iranian nation – who have, on various occasions,

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owned up to the high intelligence quotient of the Iranian nation;

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[as the proverb goes] “the best [merit] is one to which the enemies admit.”

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The average intelligence quotient in our country is higher than the world’s average.

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Well, we have also many youths, [which] thank God, this is a huge wealth.

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This is a very valuable asset and is an opportunity for the country.

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Of course, not all countries and all different regimes in the world

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consider the presence of youths as an opportunity; no [it is not like that]. For example, the Pahlavi regime [of Iran]

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did not consider the presence of the youths and activities of the youths as an opportunity, [and on the contrary] considered them a threat –

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[and] this is one of those remarks for which an argument totally conforming to statistics

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[can be provided],which now it is not the time for it.

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They wanted the youths not to be present [in any major arenas];

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neither scientific presence, nor political presence, nor social presence,

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and many things were propagated in order to undermine this presence [of the youths].

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They really considered [the presence of] the youths as a threat. [And] they sent abroad as many [youths] as they could,

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so that, those who were elites, those who were worth anything from their viewpoint, would go and not be here.

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This is not the case in the Islamic Republic; the Islamic Republic is self-reliant, it is internally prolific,

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[and] sees its [real source of] power inside itself and in spiritualities and in its own assets. Therefore,

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the biggest wealth for the Islamic Republic is, in fact, its manpower;

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that is, these very intelligent, committed, interested, [and] studious youths, who have a promising future [ahead of them].

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Well, this is among our unwavering beliefs.

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Today that I have a meeting with you, a number of good youths of our country,

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I want to give you a number of advice; fatherly advice

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You, young people, are like my children – some of you [are] young enough to be my children and some of you to be my grandchildren –

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and it would be right for me to offer you, in a fatherly manner, a number of points.

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I have also a number of managerial and work-related recommendations,

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which I will give you that are related to working issues in relation to you, young people;

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I also have a warning and a viewpoint laced with apprehension,

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which if, God willing, there is enough time and opportunity, I will also share it with you.

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However, those advice that I give you in a fatherly way, the first [of them] is that

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you [must] know your asset, that is, this state of being elite, [as a bounty] from God;

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this is God’s blessing, this is a divine bounty, this is a blessing which God has bestowed upon you;

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thank God [for that], boost your relationship with God,

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thank the Almighty God, and express this thanksgiving between you and God.

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This will increase your achievements, [and] will increase the divine blessing that He has bestowed upon you;

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consider it [as a blessing] from God, and from the Islamic [Revolution];

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this is a [kind of] look and a layer of thinking about this asset

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that this huge public movement in the country on the path of [acquiring] science is a blessing of the revolution.

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If it were not for the revolution, such things would not exist.

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Now, Mr. Sattari [the vice president for science and technology] recounted a memory quoting me.

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Its extension is that the same planes which we said would be totally grounded in a matter of 30 days, [or] 31 days,

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are operating up to the present time.

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Today, thirty-odd years have passed since that day.

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Our youths at the Air Force, [and] our technical forces endeavored, [and] entered [the arena]

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– which his [Sattari’s] own father was one of the youths of that day –

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[and] used their miracle-working hands, used their minds and intellect,

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and the same planes, which we were told would be grounded, continued to operate up to the end of the war [with Iraq]

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and [even] up to the present day the same [planes] are still operating; the same C130s,

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the same F-14s, the same F-4s, [and] the same F-5s still exist and are operating.

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[This] miracle of hands was a product of the revolution.

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Those brethren who told me that the game was up, were good people – and a few of them were [even] martyred –

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but their thinking was not revolution’s thinking, [because] their thinking was related to [the period] before the revolution and they looked [at various issues] from that viewpoint.

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When they wanted to repair the parts of these planes,

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they had no right to open sealed parts – that is, a big part, which is made up

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within itself of, for example, forty [or] fifty [smaller] parts;

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they put this sealed part on a plane, took it to America and there they changed it and came back.

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That is, Iranian [Air Force] technician, [and] Iranian technical officer did not have the right to touch

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this part to see what that was and how it must operate;

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this was pre-revolution way of thinking. [After] the revolution came, [it] changed the situation;

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it gave character, gave identity, [and] gave courage to Iranian [people],

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[and] encouraged them to take advantage of their inner force.

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The result was that, out of all these countries in the world, we now rank the fifteenth in scientific terms;

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[and] this is a great achievement. Out of 200 countries in the world,

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which among these 200 countries, there are countries which have two hundred years [and even] three hundred years of background in industrial

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and scientific work, [it is a great achievement] that the post-revolution Iran – [the period] before the revolution is not counted, [because] there was nothing [mentionable at that time] –

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would get itself to such [a high] level despite the pressure of war, with sanctions [and] with all these problems [facing it];

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this was given to us by [the Islamic] Revolution.

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These abilities, [this notion that] “you can do whatever you want,” you owe this to the revolution

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and to providers of the country’s security.

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This Martyr Hamedani, who was martyred a few days ago,

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you saw when his body went to [his birthplace in the western Iranian city of] Hamedan,

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the entire city came out and took part in his funeral; this is [sign of] appreciation [shown for such people].

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Such persons have no [famous] name [either]; [although] a handful of them become famous and are known,

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most of them are not famous, but they maintain security for me and for you.

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If there is no security, there is no university,

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there is no study, there is no research, [and] there is no training of elites.

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Wherever security is lacking, in fact, there is nothing;

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there, the life of humans is exposed to momentary and permanent threats.

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Know this preparedness, this education, [and] these opportunities also [as something made possible by] these providers of security.

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This is my first advice. You accept this from me and remember it as an advice from an old father to all of you, dear youths.

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The second advice: give precedence to jihadi spirit over the spirit of self-importance.

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One of the risks awaiting those who have some advantage [over others]

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is that they might feel self-important,

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that they feel they are different from others;

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this is a character-based risk, [and] a character-based disease ; do not let this disease to grow within you

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and the [best] way to do this is to bolster the jihadi effort and the jihadi spirit within yourselves.

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The jihadi spirit means to do your work for the sake of God, to consider the work as a duty for yourselves,

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[and] to bring all forces into the arena to do the right thing; this is [the true meaning of] jihadi spirit.

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In order for this jihadi spirit to be boosted in your,

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it would be very good to take part in jihadi camps.

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Don’t say that ‘our time will be wasted [by doing this]; no, the highest and the best advantage to take of time is this.

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Continue your study, do your research, do your work,

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[and] also take part in jihadi camps, which [only] occupy a few weeks of a person’s time in the period of a year. ض

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This will make you familiar with the life of people,

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[and] this will make you familiar with the problems and dilemmas of the society, which mostly remain unseen to officials.

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Some officials are not informed about the realities of the society, [and] they only see what is around themselves and [within] a limited radius;

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[that is,] they know nothing about what is going on in villages, what is going on in remote cities, [and] what is going on in poor families.

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they are not at all aware

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I have frequently experienced this during this long 20- or 30-year experience;

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I have seen this in some [officials] that I am telling you dear ones now;

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they don’t know what is going on. You are currently young, have power, have patience, have time,

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[and] don’t have many problems, [so you must] take advantage of this opportunity.

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One of the opportunities is these very jihadi camps;

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these hijadi camps are much better than [some] tours, which unfortunately are still common.

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Although I have warned [against such tours], some [still] organize tours to send [students] to Europe;

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student tours of Europe! This is one of the most erroneous things [to do].

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This jihadi camps, are much better and honorable and useful than that.

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[Through] presence in jihadi camps, [and] direct contact with people, [our youths] find some [kind of] feeling of responsibility.

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When one provides a service in a direct way, providing service would become valuable to them,

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[and] you [would be able to] find weaknesses.

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I give you another advice: one of the things that happen to our elites [is immigration],

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because as it was noted, the number of people wanting and demanding to have our elite youths

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in various countries of the world is not few, [and on the contrary,] they are a lot, [and want our elites] for different reasons.

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One of the reasons is that the number of youths [in those countries] is few,

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or the number of talented youths is low, or there are few foreigner youths who are not avaricious;

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[therefore,] they want to attract [our young elites].An imaginary notion of welfare

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fills one’s mind  in these cases,

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it may be imaginary, [and be merely] an illusion, [and] it may be also real,

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[and] a [life full of] welfare may really await one; [however,] prefer this [country].

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Instead of letting yourself be digested in the ruthless stomach of foreign societies,

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[remain] in your own country and become regulator of the brain, and nervous system, and skeleton of your own society.

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This is a cause of pride; this is an honor; [therefore,] work for your country.

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You can build your country; you can do away with its weaknesses;

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we have many weaknesses. I often extol the situation in the country,

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but perhaps there are few people who are aware of the weaknesses that exist in the country than me.

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We know that we have many weaknesses; these weaknesses must be eliminated; [and] you must eliminate them.

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You can be the person who designs correct geometry of this country’s health;

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you can [at least] do part of it.

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When you go to a [foreign] place, even assuming that you are given a [great] sum of money, [and] assuming that welfare facilities [are] also

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– if they are supposedly real –provided for you,

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but [despite all this] you will be digested by the avaricious stomach of foreign societies;

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[however,] here you can have some effect.

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The last advice – I don’t want to prolong [my remarks] – [is that] don’t be awestruck by [the apparent glamour of] the West.

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It is true that Westerners are today much ahead of us in terms of science and technology,

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but you don’t be awestruck by them being ahead [of us];

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why? Because you are superior to them.

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That [country] which you see possesses advanced technology and

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industries and inventions and the likes of this today, has started off 200 years ago;

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[but] you have started [only] 35 years ago; your revolution is 35 years old;

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you managed to go all this way in [a matter of] 35 years

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and gain this velocity in [your] advances.

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They [greatly lagged behind] during the first 35 years after their independence; take the country of America as an example;

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35 years after independence from the yoke of the Britons, America was nothing.

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America 35 years or 40 years after its independence

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was poles apart from Iran 35 years after victory of the [Islamic] Revolution; you are way ahead of them.

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The life of their material civilization will be much shorter for you

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to want to reach this stage of material civilization; let alone the spiritualities.

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Don’t be awestruck by them. One hundred years after the victory of Americans over

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the British army and independence of America, this famous Statue of Liberty was made.

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This statue was not made by Americans – if my memory is not mistaken, I saw this in old times

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– this statue was made by a French engineer who went there from France.

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That is, one hundred years after independence, Americans

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had not yet reached that stage in scientific and technical and industrial terms to be able to make this Statue of Liberty;

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[and] an engineer went [there] from France, and designed and made this [statue].

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You are way ahead; don’t be awestruck.

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Your abilities are potentially much more than theirs;

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[so continue to] proceed [and] move [forward].

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The young generation of our time, that is you,

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can record this honor in your name that you were the young generation

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that could take the country to great stages of scientific progress;

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this honor is a very great honor.

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Today’s young generation can attract this honor for itself

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that instead of following suit with others, has been able in a dignified manner

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to strengthen the pillars of scientific independence and scientific progress in this country

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and work and endeavor.

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This honor can be [recorded] for the young generation of our time and early periods of revolution;

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well, these are my advice to you dear ones,

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brethren and sisters, my dear children and dear youths.

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[There are also] a number of managerial and working recommendations,

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whose addressees are both the brethren with responsibility at the [National] Elites Foundation and the Vice Presidency for Science [and Technology], and also you.

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First of all, the Elites Foundation must be taken seriously;

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the Elites Foundation is a national foundation; is a strategic foundation,

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[and] must be taken quite seriously.

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I have heard that some of the tasks of the Elites Foundation have been assigned to universities; this is not expedient.

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If universities could do the job of the Elites Foundation, we would not have launched this foundation in the first place.

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Some of our universities are really outstanding,

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[and] are a center for [educating] the elites, but they cannot do the job of the Elites Foundation.

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The university does another job, [while] the Elites Foundation does a different job.

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Take the Elites Foundation seriously; [because it] is a national foundation, [and] is a strategic foundation.

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Both officials of the foundation, and officials of the country;

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both the Plan and Budget [Organization], and relevant esteemed ministers;

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both scientific councils and the likes of them that are extant, and you young people [must take this foundation seriously]. The [National Elites] Foundation is very important.

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I have a second recommendation; programs of the Elites Foundation must be such

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that a young elite would feel that his presence is useful.

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I will later address you, young people;

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you also have a role [to play] and can play a role in this regard.

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The young elite must be provided with latitude to work,

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to feel he is useful; [and I emphasize that] he [must] feel that he is useful.

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This is one of those things that would encourage him to continue on this path;

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just [in the same way] that it encourages him to stay at his home and in his own country and work for his own country.

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Create space [for young elites] to work; how [you may create] work space [for elites]?

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One way is to complete the education process.

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The youths must be able to complete their education process;

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[and] their presence at higher scientific levels must be facilitated; [and] they must uplift [the quality of] their education.

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There may be cumbersome regulations. In this case, such regulations must not be an impediment.

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One issue is establishment of knowledge-based companies,

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which I will later talk about this issue.

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These knowledge-based companies are a very good thing.

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Of course, today, I am informed that there are thousands of knowledge-based companies in the country,

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but this very number [of such companies] that exists today, can be increased by ten-fold;

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ten-fold. The youths, [and] those people who have scientific products,

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their presence in knowledge-based companies is useful.

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Creating scientific centers in universities pivoted around prominent [university] professors is one of these steps [that must be taken].

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This foundation can do this in relation with universities.

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Scientific centers must be established in different universities;

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[and they] must be pivoted around one or a number of prominent professors. Of course, [these] professors must be conscientious;

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professors must be committed, [and] they must love Iran.

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I know professors – of course I know them from afar –

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who do not love Iran; [and] the development of Iran [and] the future [outlook] of Iran is not important to them.

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Such professors are good for nothing. Deep in my heart, I cannot pin my hope on such professor.

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A professor who does not love his country, a professor who does not like unity of his country,

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[and] a professor who says something in classroom – even though it has nothing to do with the subject of the lesson –

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whose result is ethnic differences in the country,

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and pushes student in that direction, this professor, is not a desirable professor.

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A professor, who if he sees religious commitment in a student,

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becomes hostile to him, this professor is not a good professor.

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Those professors, who are committed, are conscientious, love their country, love their revolution,

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and are prominent in scientific terms, if scientific centers are created

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around the pivot of such professors, this will be a very useful step;

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[because] it moves student and student feels that he is useful, and that he is progressing.

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Scientific associations [are also important]; after all, the young elite must be given an opportunity to rise and show himself,

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[and] to feel that his presence is “seen,”

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he is being appreciated, [and] he is being counted on; he must feel this in practice.

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Then, the Elites Foundation, mostly, and other organs along with it, must monitor

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[and] observe the output of the work; because if the output of the work is flawed, [if it] is problematic,

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it would follow that there is a problem somewhere along the way;

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[therefore, officials must] know faults, [and] remedy [those] faults. This is one of my important recommendations.

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I make another recommendation in this regard, which is related to the Economy of Resistance.

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Well, you know that [the issue of] the Economy of Resistance, was, thank God, brought up,

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its policies were announced, [and] was welcomed by economic and political and other experts.

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The name of the Economy of Resistance is frequently being repeated;

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now, to what degree has the Economy of Resistance progressed in the country, is not my point now

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– of course, I am not very satisfied with the degree of progress of this idea

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and this important foundation in the country, though at any rate, a movement exists

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– [however,] one of the strong pillars of the Economy of Resistance is knowledge-based economy.

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The basis of the work in the Economy of Resistance is knowledge-based economy

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[because] the Economy of Resistance is an endogenous economy, [and] is an economy

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with strong pillars inside [the country] which is not moved by international and global and economic shocks;

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this [is] the Economy of Resistance, the resistant economy.

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One of the most basic pillars of this economy is the knowledge-based economy;

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an economy based on knowledge; this is very important.

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Well, in my opinion, our young youths can play a role in [promoting] the knowledge-based economy,

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which is, in fact, the main pillar of the Economy of Resistance.

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How they [are going to] play [their] role? Well, this needs some planning.

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How our youths [can] play a role in [promoting] the Economy of Resistance?

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I want you to answer this question. [Therefore,] start to plan,

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[and] do not wait for others to make this plan [for you].

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You the elite youths, make this the subject of one of your gatherings:

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How the young elites should play a role in the Economy of Resistance or the knowledge-based economy?

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[A number of] groups must be created, [and those] groups must be divided [into smaller groups], work, think, study,

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take part in this gathering with their hands full, let [all who can] to take part [in this gathering], [and then] the Elites Foundation

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should support [and] back this plan, which has come out of the elites themselves.

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In my opinion, a [major] development will come about [in this way].

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[By doing this,] a major development will certainly come about both in the field of thinking and musing and working,

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and with regard to the reality on the ground;

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[and by doing this] a [major] development will certainly take place in the field of economy [as well].

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Another point - which is the last point -

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is the issue of identifying and training prominent talents in the [country’s] education [system].

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Well, this SHAHAB initiative [which stands for identification and guidance of top talents in Persian] is a very good initiative.

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I have heard that due attention has not be paid to the SHAHAB initiative; don’t let this [happen], [and] be careful [in this regard].

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Identification of top talents during elementary education and high school education is very important;

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[because] this is the thing, which introduces the real elite to us, [and] this is the thing that introduces the genius to us.

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Well, the genius are few in any society.

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There are many genius people who, because they remain unknown, their existence becomes totally ineffective,

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[and] they are totally digested [in the society], [and] are eliminated because they have not been identified.

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Sometimes one observes that an illiterate person at a village

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says something, [or] does something, which is sign of genius.

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If this [person] were trained, if he were identified, if his talent

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had been taken advantage of and was reckoned on, he would be a prominent person; [however,] he has, unfortunately, not been identified.

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Let’s not allow this damage be done to the country.

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[Achieving] this [goal] during education period is a very important task; follow up on this initiative.

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The esteemed minister [must] really go and examine in what state the SHAHAB initiative is

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and whether it is doing its job or not.

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However, the issue that in my opinion is a threat and menace [is this]:

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we have elements inside the country which are discouraging; be watchful [of this issue]; [and] officials must be watchful.

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How they are discouraging? They negate the assets [that the country has].

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Now, scientific centers, which introduce indices of scientific progress in the world,

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are certain centers that are known to all of you.

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They bear testimony in favor of the Islamic Republic,

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[but on the contrary] these people inside the country, or in [their] newspaper and magazine

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or in official and unofficial tribunes, deny these achievements

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[and] consider them as illusionary, which I sometime hear [about this].

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[But this] is not an illusion, it is a reality. Stem cells are reality,

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advanced nano[technology] is a reality, [and our] nuclear advances are reality; the entire world knows this;

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[but] these [few elements] deny all these [advances]. Now one day, about fifteen [or] sixteen years ago,

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if somebody denied this, it was not [much of] a problem [because at that time] the work had just begun, [and] they were not informed [of it].

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[However,] today the entire world knows – I mean, those centers that must know,

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know – that Iran is advancing in a huge, [and] rapid movement

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on the road [toward acquiring] science and technology;

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the entire world knows this. [Therefore,] if some people take step to discourage our youths,

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both discourage [them] about the present and about the future,

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[and say that] “What is this good for? For who? For what?” these [remarks] are discouraging [and] are [tantamount to] treason.

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Anybody does this, it is treason. If an official does it, it is treason;

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if a [university] professor does it, it is treason;

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if a writer in a newspaper and magazine does it, it is treason,

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[because] it is [equal to] betraying the country, [and] betraying the national honor.

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Another threat [is this]: identifying the elite for foreign agents;

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this is also [a threat]. I have also received reports about this, [and] received news about this.

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They examine, search, [and] find the elites;

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not for the purpose of encouraging them, [and] training them inside [the country],

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[but] for foreign agents, to introduce [elites] to them, [and] become a middle link

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for immigration of the elite and, as is commonly said, [to facilitate] the “brain drain.” This is also [a form of] treason; this is treason;

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[and] even though it may take place under the guise of showing sympathy for this student, it is not [true] sympathy.

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[The fact] that we encourage a student and say, “Sir, what is here for you? Who pays attention to you?

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Who cares about you? Leave [this country and] go there, live [there], go ahead, [and] advance,”

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this is treason. This is turning one’s back on the country and the interests of the country and the future of the country

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and making an elite youth do this.

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One of the warnings to which esteemed ministers must pay attention

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is countering religious and revolutionary elements in universities.

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There are elements who are committed to the revolution, abide by [the values of] the revolution,

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abide by religious issues and manifestations of religion. If [there is anybody] among the officials [who counter these elements]

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- now there are various tastes among students themselves, and it is not a problem;

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there may be arguments among them, which is not important; [after all] it is university environment -

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[but if university] professors, [or] officials, counter such an element, [and] such a young person,

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[and counter] a boy or a girl who is committed and abiding [by religious issues], this is not acceptable.

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Faithful elements must be encouraged. At any rate, such problems do exist.

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The conclusion I want to reach after all this said is documented optimism about the future;

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not just in slogans, [and] not just [through] ranting; this is the reality.

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The future [outlook] of the country through divine assistance and through divine Grace, is a promising future.

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A multitude of youths of this country has among them many elites;

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now, most elites are [among] the academics, [but] there are elites in other sectors as well,

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who although are not academic, are elite in the true sense of the word,

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[and] can play a role. And these elites will continue their work,

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[because they] feel responsibility [to do so]. Thank God, the revolutionary goals and revolutionary slogans are alive,

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[and] the enemy has not been able to downplay the revolutionary slogans;

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[the situation is] such that [even] if there are people who do not approve of these slogans at the bottom of their hearts,

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they have to, for the sake of the public opinion, [and] for the sake of [winning] people’s heart and [to encourage] people’s participation.

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pay lip service to these slogans. Slogans are, thank God alive;

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the revolutionary movement is a living movement and this is among exceptions of history.

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We know of no revolution in the world, which in the course of 35 years [or] 40 years,

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despite all this opposition, [and] despite all this hostility, could have continued on its straight line and direct path;

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there is not [such an example among other revolutions].

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Even big revolutions that you know in the world - now, I don’t mean these small-scale developments

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and coups and the likes of them, which they call revolution; they don’t count at all

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- and real revolutions that have taken place, have not been able to continue on their path;

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[and in most cases their] goals have changed. This is what enrages our enemies;

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this is why today - if you keep abreast of foreign news -

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you frequently hear that they say “as long as Iran is pursuing [the goals of] the revolution,

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we will have problem with Iran,” [and] they are right.

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And I add that as long as this revolutionary thinking and revolutionary movement exists,

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by divine assistance, Iran's progress, Iran's increasing influence,

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[as well as] Iran's grandeur, spiritual might and dominance

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in the region and beyond the region will, God willing, continue to rise on a daily basis.

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Thank you very much, it seems that this Takbir [the call of Allah is great] was meant to announce the end of the meeting.

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God willing, the Almighty shall protect you;

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God willing, all of your would be blessed beings for the future of the revolution

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and, God willing, thirty years from now, forty years from now, [and] fifty years from now,

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when this country would be run by you, [and] would be yours [to run], you would remember these days with honor

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that have been able to put you in this manner on the [straight] path and keep you steady,

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and may [the Almighty], God willing, bless you with a better future.

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