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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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[These days] are important days; [because] they are the days of [the Arabic lunar month of] Muharram.

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Muharram is not limited to ten days that end in [the tragic event of] Ashura; [but] a huge event

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has taken place in history during the days of Muharram, and this event is unending.

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This does not mean that the likes of it and similar events continue [to influence people through history] – [of course] this [aspect] is reserved in its own place, which is [subject of] another discussion –

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but this event itself is like a sun, which never sets.

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Sometimes a huge event takes place, [but] it takes place today and goes away tomorrow; [and] is nothing similar to this event [of Muharram].

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This event is like an unsetting sun, which has been there up to the present day, [and] will be there [even] after this.

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It is a vivid and real picture and delineation of the fight between the light and darkness, the war between the good and evil,

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the war between honor and nastiness and meanness;

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of course, its acme was on the day of Ashura, but its preliminaries were prepared during the early days of Muharram

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and before [the event of] Ashura. After Ashura – [in days] like these days [in which we are] –

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the event of Ashura was made complete through the leadership of [Hadhrat] Zeinab Kobra and [Hadhrat] Imam Sajjad (Peace Be Upon Them).

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Therefore, [these] days are very important and [the fact] that I have succeeded and had this luck and chance

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– which I really consider this as luck and chance –

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to meet with you, dear youths, in these dear days,

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is an exceptional achievement for me and I consider this as a good omen.

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Well, I am very happy to meet you, dear elites.

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What we hear and say about topics [that are raised] in this meeting throughout the year, continue incessantly.

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I hear and read the likes of these issues that were raised here by these dear youths

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in various reports all through the year

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and if there is anything I could do about them, I would do it.

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Now, what I will say [in this meeting], are the same remarks, I make throughout the year in various meetings,

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either with academics, or in all kinds of other meetings.

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However, this meeting and session, per se, is a very beautiful and pleasant thing for me;

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our elite youths – about whom I

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will say a few sentences to describe – have come together here and I am speaking with them.

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First of all, elites – [and] youths, especially the elite youths –

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are among precious divine gifts given to a nation and a country.

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Not all countries are endowed with such gifts at this quantity, with such vastness,

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[and] with this high number. This is one of the characteristics of our country

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in which there are human talents with good quality and high quantity.

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This is among unparalleled characteristics of our country; this is a divine gift,

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[and] is a very precious and valuable gift.

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The conclusion is that state officials must respect and preserve these trusts

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because this gift is a trust in the hands of officials,

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from the [National] Elites Foundation and [its president,] Dr. [Sorena] Sattari and the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution

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to Ministry of Science, [Research, and Technology] and [Ministry of] Health, Treatment [and Medical Education] and [Ministry of] Education

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and other state-run organs, which can have any [form of] contact with [the country’s] manpower and the young force.

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[They must note that] these [human resources] are entrusted to you. A precious trust must be cared for tenaciously

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in order to preserve it and when this trust can grow and increase [in size],

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you must feel responsibility for its growth and increase.

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On the one hand, every human being is an autonomous creature,

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[because] the Almighty God has given humans the power to do or not to do this. The requisite for having [this] power is to have responsibility [as well].

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If we have no power when we do something, [we would] have no responsibility [toward it as well].

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[Therefore,] when we have power, we will naturally have responsibility. The Almighty God has created you elites with power.

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You can either take advantage of this gift and this bounty,

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which has been bestowed upon you by God – which is a good and prominent talent – or you can also not take advantage of it.

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You can either use it in the right way, or do not use it in the right way; both ways are possible.

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Therefore, you are responsible; therefore, responsibility is not simply for those who carry a trust, ضض

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[because] the main and first trustee is yourselves; you are also responsible.

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The first responsibility and the biggest responsibility is to thank the Almighty God,

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which has given you this talent as a bounty. What does thanking [God] mean?

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It means that first of all, you [must] know that this is a bounty,

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know that this bounty is from God, [and] know that you are responsible with regard to it

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and that responsibility is to use this bounty in its right place. These are the [main] pillars of thanking [God], [and] this will amount to thanking [God in a correct way].

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To thank God, does not mean to thank [him] in words, [but] it is a collection of all these [factors] that I mentioned [here].

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Let me tell you this: why we attach so much importance to youths, to science, to elites, [and] to prominent talents,

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are happy to meet with them, [and] spend time on them

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– [and] we really spend time [on them], you [must] know this –

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and spend energy [on them] and the likes of these? Why? Because we have a bitter historical record.

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Over a long period [of time], the gene of inability, the gene of ‘we cannot’,

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[and] the gene of dependence on others has been injected into us. Over a long period,

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from the time of Qajar [kings] to the time of Pahlavi [under the two last monarchial dynasties in Iran]

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this internal feeling of inability and lack of power was created in our nation – [I mean,] in this very talented nation –

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and they have institutionalized [that feeling] among us – [and] in the totality of the Iranian society. We have this [historical] record.

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The result was that we, as a nation, had our identity defined under the West.

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There are many things – historical things and social things and analytical things – to say about these issues,

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but here and now is neither a good time [to do this], nor have we come together now for that [purpose].

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Due to the science that they obtained sooner than others and managed to advance [on its basis], Westerners, [and] Europeans

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developed such a condescending attitude toward other nations, including our nation.

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They humiliated nations with such noble and profound cultures and brilliant [historical] backgrounds

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in such a way that they defined them under their own [hegemony].

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I have talked about this phrase “The Middle East” a couple of times in my public speeches.

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This region of Asia – which the biggest and the most ancient human civilizations

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belong here and have been born here and created here and

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[this is a place] where ancient human races have made their debut – this Asia with such grandeur

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has been divided in three parts in the logic and literature of Europeans:

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it became [known to Europeans as] the East. Then [they further divided it into other subregions, including] Far East. Far from where? From Europe! [Another subregion was] the Middle East

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– [in which] middle means neither far, nor near - to where? To Europe! [And there was also] the Near East. Near to where? To Europe!

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You just observe that this culture and this literature brings many other things in its wake;

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I mean, they [divided] all this past human history [in this way]. These civilizations, these races,

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these cultures, all these sciences, which have been produced in this region of Asia

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– in India one way, in China one way, in Iran one way,

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in Mesopotamia one way, [and in] Babylon and the likes of them [another way] – [all] these ancient civilizations [and] all of them collectively turned into one region whose names

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have been designated in proportion to them being far from or close to Europe! They keep calling our region the Middle East up to the present day,

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[and] our region is the Middle East. There is another region, which is the Far East; why it is far? Because it is far from Europe!

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See, Western countries have defined [all Asian nations] in this way.

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Western nations, like a person, who becomes rich after being poor and then becomes conceited,

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obtained a wealth – [and] this wealth was not a financial wealth, [but] was a scientific wealth; after all, science changes hands [among humans].

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Well, something happened and they got their hands on science, [and] continued to develop that knowledge nonstop

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and stacked it layer on layer, and went up. As soon as they went up [these stacked layers of science],

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they looked down on the entire humanity, even those from whom they had taken their science in the first place;

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[and] our country was among them. Unfortunately, in our country, our rulers and leaders

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helped [promote] this humiliating state, both Qajars and Pahlavis – the father and son –

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and defined us under them; this was a very dangerous and big and important thing.

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When a country is defined under a power, all its potentialities,

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either intentionally or unintentionally, will in fact belong to that power;

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[and] it comes [to this country] and takes advantage of [those] potentialities, takes advantage of [its] oil, takes advantage of [its] resources, [and] takes advantage of

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[its] strategic position.

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During the world war, world powers fought against each other, [and] it had nothing to do with us, but since Russia [was located] on one side of us

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and Britain [was located] on the other side, [and they] had facilities and bases [in the country],

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they used Iran as a means of transferring weapons, at their own will and without asking for anybody’s permission.

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from one point to another

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This national [Iranian] railroad – which was [only] national by name, but is not national [in reality] –

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was made at that time in order to [meet] their goals; I mean, one side [of Iran] is the Persian Gulf, [and] one [other] side

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is the north, which was the region of [the influence of the former] Soviet Union; Britain and the Soviet Union had to get connected to each other

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– though there are many things to say with regard to these issues. [If they got connected,] the country’s resources and the country’s market would be owned by them,

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[and] would belong to them. [This is an example of] a country, which would remain idle until [foreign powers] come and take away its copper [reserves], take away its steel, take away its iron [reserves],

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take away its diverse resources, take away its oil, [and] take away its gas

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at a very low price; [and] then everything that they make themselves, which must be sold, [and] must generate revenue for them, [they] would send it [back] to this country

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without any tariff, without customs [duties],

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without [having to face] any obstacle and impediment.

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[and] turn that country into a profitable market for their own products This was what took place in Iran before the revolution.

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The [Islamic] Revolution brought about a [major] development [in Iran];

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the Islamic Revolution brought about a huge development.

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The way I put it today [is that] I say during the revolution, self-belief and self-confidence

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went to war against dependence; [and] God also helped [the Iranian nation].

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War is a bitter thing [and] the eight-year war [with Iraq] was really bitter, [and] was damaging,

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[because] it put us in a lot of trouble. I was present in the midst of the war;

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it was very bitter, was very difficult, [and] was very sorrowful, [because] it made us shed tears frequently

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and was exhausting. However, despite all these hardships, it had the great advantage

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that it showed the Iranian youth that he is able, that he can,

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[and] that if he perseveres and enters an arena, he will be able to overcome his rival and competitor; just in the same way that we overcame [our enemy in the war].

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The Iranian youth entered the battlefield, [and] if it was not for the war, this development would not have come about in this way.

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The war is like a fire accident; when there is a fire, all people set aside other things that they do and try to put out the fire;

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[likewise during the war,] everybody was focused on the war. [As a result,] talents thrived and it was shown that the Iranian youth can [do anything].

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This presence in war and the presence of the youth and overcoming the enemy

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– [and overcoming] an enemy, which was not just a country, [but] an enemy, who was backed by all global powers –

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led to growth of self-belief [in the country].

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Therefore, the revolution led to growth of self-belief

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and made [Iranians’] self-belief stand tall in the face of the previous spirit of dependence and bankruptcy; this was what happened.

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Well, there is a point [to be motioned] here, which must not be ignored.

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In profound wars, which today it is called the soft war,

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[or] profound wars – including cultural wars, which are among profound wars –

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unlike military wars, short-term results are not determining; [because] the war continues [for a long period of time].

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In a military war, finally, one side overcomes the other,

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suppresses it and the case is closed. During eight years of resistance, we managed

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to drive Saddam’s aggressive force out of the country and those issues came to an end. q

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In the soft war, in the profound war, [and] in the cultural war, this is not the case.

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You become victorious in one stage [of such war], but this does not mean [that you have gained] a permanent victory.

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You must expect the opposite side to get ready again, pull itself together and launch [a new] attack;

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and this is what has happened. [However,] the same blight of dependence

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was later on reproduced in the country in other forms,

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[because] enemies have agents after all; well, this cannot be denied.

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[Our] nation is a great nation, [and] is a good nation, but inside the nation – like all other nations –

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there are people who are attracted to strangers, are weak people, are materialistic people, [and] are easily-duped persons.

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These [people] started to reproduce the same culture of dependence, but through a chic

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and painted and framed and packaged literature [and] under other names,

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[including] globalization [and] integration into the global family. Today, [the sum total of] these recommendations that

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Westerners and Americans give us in meetings is that

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Iran should get itself attuned with the global family; [and] become globalized.

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What they mean is the same as dependence, [and] this [recommendation] is [a different form of inviting Iran to] the same [dependence of the past]. Don’t take me wrong, I have no objection to having relations [with other countries] –

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I was the president [of Iran] once; since that time, one of the most basic steps that I took

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in the foreign policy was the issue of establishing communications; whether bilateral communications with all countries,

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[including] with Europe, [and with] others [and] others apart from a few exceptions, or communications through a collective system –

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[but] these are two [different] categories. Globalization means something else. Globalization means

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to give in to the burden of a culture, which a few big powers

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have been able to impose on the economy of the world, on the politics of the world, [and] on the security of the world; [it means] giving in to this policy,

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[and] fitting within this framework; this is the meaning of globalization from their viewpoint.

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When they say become globalized, [and] when they say join the global family, this is its [true] meaning;

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[and] this is the same as dependence and is no different [from that].

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What makes attention to the elites incumbent on all officials as an obligation, [and] as an unavoidable obligation

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is a big goal. A big goal exists here

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[and] with this goal [in mind], the approach to the elites must be certainly a serious approach, a practical approach,

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[and] a sympathetic and unwavering approach. What is that goal? That goal is

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to turn the country of Iran into an advanced, powerful,

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[and] noble [country] – noble as opposed to mean and evil and you see that some countries and some of those in power are [like this] –

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with new ideas with regard to human issues and with regard to international issues.

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Iran must be a country with new ideas with regard to human issues and issues related to human life;

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[and] offer something new [in this regard].

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[This is] because the [current] situation of humanity is not good. Today, which one of the world’s thinkers is content with the situation of humanity?

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East and West are not different [in this regard]. Look at what world’s thinkers say,

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[to see that] all of them complain and grieve about the current painful life of humans. Well, an additional idea is needed [to set this right],

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[and] a way must be opened in this deadlock. The Islamic Iran [must] have this new idea.

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And [the country must be] with dignity. Turning the country into a country with dignity and with the feeling of dignity [is another important goal].

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Sometimes you are dignified, but do not feel that dignity.

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One of those issues, which I have been pursuing in these past few years, is that we must feel dignity.

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[We must] feel the dignity that the Almighty God has bestowed upon us, [and] feel dignified.

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The feeling of dignity, per se, is an element that constitutes real dignity.

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And [the country must be also] overflowed with spirituality and faith. I said it must be advanced, must be powerful and the likes of these,

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but besides this, spirituality must exist, [and] faith must also exist.

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The big blight of the powerful world of today is that where there is power, faith is absent.

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You just look at the state of America’s presidential elections.

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They have come up with two persons [as presidential candidates]. You look at their debates [and] see what are they doing to each other, [and] what are they saying to each other.

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[At last,] one of these two persons will become the president; in what place? In a big country, [which is] populous, rich

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and the acme of human science. One of these two persons, who are [involved in presidential campaign],

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will become president of this country; with the highest [quantity] of nuclear weapons at his/her disposal, the greatest wealth of the world at his/her disposal,

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[and] the biggest world media at the palm of his/her hand.

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Its president will be one of these two persons that you see what they are and who they are.

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This is due to lack of spirituality, [and] this is due to lack of faith.

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And [the country must be] hoister of the flag of the new Islamic civilization. We want such a country; [and] this is the goal.

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Look, I enumerated nine indices. We want to turn the country into

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such a country with these features. Of course, in the middle of the way, [and] in some parts,

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[what we did] has not been bad, [and] we have made some progress, but these are all half-trodden paths.

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We must continue to proceed, [and] we must reach the peaks

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and this is not possible without [having] an elite young generation.

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There must be a generation to meet this goal.

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Nobody can have any doubt about the necessity of [achieving] this goal.

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[The reality is] that we are obligated as a human being, as an official, as a Muslim and [even] as an Iranian

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– the one who does not believe in Islam, [but] is an Iranian after all;

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being an Iranian also comes with responsibility – [and] under these several origins of responsibility,

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we are obligated to take the country to this place.

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Well, what is the way [to doing this]? The [best] way is to raise a generation with a set of characteristics

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[and] those characteristics are these [which were mentioned]. A generation must come into being

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of course, fortunately, we have many of these characteristics in the young generation,

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but this must expand [more].

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A generation should come into being which would be brave, educated, religious, with innovation, pioneer, self-confident, [and] zealous –

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We need such a generation. It must have faith, must be educated,

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must be zealous, must be brave, must be self-believing,

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must have enough motivation to move, must have physical and intellectual strength to move,

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must take the goals into consideration, must set its sight on faraway goals

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and, as put by Amir al-Mo'menin (PBUH), “borrow your skull to Allah.”

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[This generation] must dedicate its life and its being to this goal and move with seriousness;

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in short, I mean, it must be a revolutionary being; [because] this is the [true] meaning of a [being] revolutionary.

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Some people, out of hostility, give a bad meaning of being revolutionary. [They consider being] revolutionary as being uneducated, inattentive,

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[and] undisciplined; no, it happens to be quite the opposite.

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[Being] revolutionary means being educated, being disciplined, [and] being religious, with movement, with intellect, [and] wise.

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We need such a generation. This generation, is our young generation.

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The [main] asset for this movement is this generation and the driving force behind this movement is also the young elites;

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elites are like this. You are the driving force. If you work properly, this young generation

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will move in this very direction that I said.

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This is the reason why I attach [so much] importance to elites and appreciate their existence. An elite [person] is valuable.

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Well, this movement has already started. Look, through understanding this issue,

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I mean, through this understanding of the country’s issue that the country needs

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such a mechanism and such a movement, some 15 years ago or a little more,

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I brought up the issue of the scientific movement and the software movement and the huge scientific movement

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and well, scientists, youths, scholars, universities,

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[and] many state-run sectors under different administrations, which came to office, welcomed [that offer] and proceeded with it.

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However, this movement is not like moving on a paved road,

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[and] is not like moving on a highway. This movement is a movement, which has [its own] impediments [to overcome].

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These impediments must be recognized, [and] these impediments must be overcome. This movement has its own enemies,

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[but] who are its enemies? Now, some people would say that, yes, it is clear,

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as soon as he says the enemy, he means America and Zionists and the likes of these,

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and is imagining conspiracy. No, this is not imagining conspiracy, [but it is] recognition of conspiracy and seeing the conspiracy.

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When I see and observe the conspiracy, well, I cannot hide it from you, [and] must tell you about it.

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As soon as I say the enemy, some people say why he keeps saying the enemy, the enemy!

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Well, shouldn’t I talk about the enemy? God has mentioned the name of Satan in the Quran so many times.

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Well, [God] mentioned Satan one time, and it should suffice. [So,] why He keeps repeating it? In order to prevent me and you from forgetting this enemy.

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We must always have the enemy before our eyes. [This is true,] because the enemy does not remain idle,

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[and] the enemy is constantly moving. If it can, it will bring to a halt this scientific movement;

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if they see it cannot be stopped, [they will try] to divert it [from the correct path].

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We may help this diversion as a result of our naïve moves.

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[The fact] that I have repeated frequently – now, some of our dear youths said [it here as well] –

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that research works, papers, theses and so forth must serve the country’s needs

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and must be produced and prepared with this intention and with this orientation is because

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the scientific movement must not go astray. If [enemies] fail to stop it or divert it,

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they will try to defame it, [and] tarnish it. [A person] comes here as a scientist,

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stays as a guest, [and] then goes into the street in front of the university and takes a photo of a [public] board [with ads about] selling theses on it and releases it through the world;

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this is defaming. Who invites these [people] to come to Iran? Are these [people really] scientists?

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Why we do not understand? Why we make [such a] mistake?

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During past few years, the country’s youths and officials in charge of these affairs,

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managed to do something that the growth of the country’s scientific progress would hit a record in famous citation sites of the world.

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[The fact] that I have said frequently that the speed of the country’s scientific progress in that given year

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was thirteen times that of the world’s average, it not [simply] my claim. I am not aware of it [on my own], [but] these citation sites,

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which are famous across the world and you know them, have said and born witness [to this fact].

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Is this a joke that a country’s speed of [scientific] movement would be thirteen times that of the world’s average?

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I, for my part, say do not let this speed to reduce. The reason is that we lag way behind [developed countries, and]

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our speed must increase so much that we would be able to reach the front line;

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I have said this frequently. Now, esteemed officials answer me by saying that “Sir,

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our scientific standing” for example, has not fallen from that given rank. [Well,] was it supposed to fall?

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That standing was supposed to rise [in rank], and that [goal was supposed to be achieved] at [a high] speed; this is the problem.

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We must not allow this scientific movement to come to harm.

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This scientific movement has enemies. If this scientific movement

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is influenced by hostilities and we do not understand and do not protect it,

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it would be ensued with a very heavy and bitter consequence. Do you know what that consequence is?

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That consequence is creating desperation among young forces of the country.

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If this happened, correcting it and improving it would not be possible so easily.

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Some sort of hope has been created among the young, elite, [and] educated community during these past few years –

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well, I have been sitting here with the youths for years and they come and talk; when I compare

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what these kids said here today with what I heard, for example, a few years ago, [I see] they are poles apart;

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[this shows that] our youths have grown, have progressed, have become more mature, are thinking  more profoundly,

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[and] the scope of their views has expanded;

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these [changes] are very valuable – [but] if these young people lose hope, [and] become desperate, it would not be easy to get them back.

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Well, when a group [of young people] loses hope here, they will look to other places; [and] traps are [always] ready [to catch them].

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Let me tell you this right here that we have meetings and exhibitions to display

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[our] scientific advances and the likes of these; this is a very good thing,

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but be careful that this [events] would not become a venue for introduction of our talents to foreign people.

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[It must not be like that] you would introduce [our scientific] youths here, [and] they would identify [them] and take them [away].

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No, before they [those foreigners] identify [our talented youths] our own organs must identify [them].

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You cannot hide them behind a curtain, [because] they would be revealed after all, but

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our own domestic organs [must] identify these [young talents] before others do, attract them, [and] give them jobs.

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There is no young person who would not prefer his own living environment and his own family to [living in a] strange place.

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To make up for strangeness [of his new living environment, the foreigners] consider some privileges for them. You can give them even less than those privileges

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and take advantage of them for yourself and for their country.

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Let me tell you that in defending the elites community and the country’s scientific movement,

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I will never back down as long as I am breathing

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and I know that this movement is a blessed movement and, God willing, will have a good ending;

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[and] God willing, we will continue to move ahead. Now, let me remind you of a few points.

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One of those things, which can create a great movement in the cycle of science and technology

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and encourage support for the country’s elites is these knowledge-based companies, which [Vice President for Science and Technology] Mr.

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[Sorena] Sattari pointed out and some other friends also referred to and, fortunately, have undergone suitable quantitative expansion.

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My recommendation is that, firstly, this expansion must continue.

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Secondly, as put by one of our dear youths, [knowledge-based companies]

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must get involved in important and main sectors of the country’s technology and the country’s industry, and these companies [must] establish contacts

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with those sectors, whose importance has been underlined in general policies [of the country].

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Thirdly, [due] attention must be paid to quality of these companies;

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that is, the number of [such] companies is good and important,

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but note that [you must] set and take into account [certain] norms and scales for [determining their] quality and priority,

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and show reaction toward these companies on the basis of these [norms].

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If these companies are developed, are of [high] quality,

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and work [properly], there is no doubt that we will not face the problem of government funding for the elites.

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I mean, these companies will make the elites needless of asking government

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to help them financially, while one day, [the government] may say I have [money] and another day it may say I don’t have [money]. This is a point, which is very important.

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One of those things, which can promote [the activities of] these knowledge-based companies

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is to promote [consumption of] their products. With regard to the issue of imports and imported goods, whose counterparts are produced inside the country

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and the likes of these [issues], well, I have talked a lot and steps are being taken [in this regard].

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However, [today,] I want to emphasize that [consumption of] those products that are produced by our knowledge-based companies

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must be promoted and one of the most important steps for this promotion is that in state-run organs,

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apart from products of these companies, nothing else must be used and consumed and purchased.

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I mean, these companies must be taken advantage of, because the government itself is the biggest consumer in the country,

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that is, the most important consumer is the government itself.

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One [important] point is about shaping “elite cells” inside universities.

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I have already recommended that inside universities,

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sometimes a professor, [or] two professors, [can] gather a young group around them and form an elite cell.

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This [cell] can be reproduced, [and] be expanded [because] it is a very auspicious entity.

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No report has been given to me that this has happened.

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I had previously reiterated this [issue] a couple of times last year and in various sessions;

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this [goal] must be achieved. This is no more a job for a state-run body and the likes of these; this is a job for academic organs themselves.

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Another [important] point, which now, the esteemed minister of education is not present

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here but he must be informed of this, [is that]

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I am worried about this issue of SAMPAD – this National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents. Reports that are given to me [in this regard]

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are not satisfactory reports; this SAMPAD is very important.

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This is a very important thing to do and that point to which they referred,

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which a large number of schools [have been established] on this basis,

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this is conditional on this organization being run properly and being managed properly.

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Reports that are given to me in this regard are not satisfactory reports.

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Another concern, about which I briefly talked to Mr. Sattari, is the concern about the [National] Elites Foundation itself;

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the [National] Elites Foundation is very important and the Elites Foundation needs to be lively and vibrant.

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Of course, I really trust Mr. Sattari; I mean, I really

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have trust both in his mental and scientific capabilities, and in the correctness of what he does.

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Mr. Sattari! If you really see that the Vice Presidency for Science [and Technology] and the [National] Elites Foundation cannot get along with each other,

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that is, if duties assigned to the Elites Foundation is not compatible with wide activities of the Vice Presidency for Science [and Technology], do something about it.

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Either separate them from each other, or at least, appoint a powerful director for

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the Elites Foundation within the same framework of the Vice Presidency for Science. Do not leave the Elites Foundation to universities.

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If universities could do this and could have done this job, the Elites Foundation would not have been established in the first place.

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Another point is that certain reports are given to me that some large-scale projects

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regarding such research topics as aerospace, satellite [technology] and the likes of these

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have been stopped or slowed down; this [issue] worries me.

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I want to say this here so that it would become a public demand.

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I seriously ask concerned officials to pay attention to these issues.

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These projects are very important projects. Even some research projects related to the nuclear energy [are] like this.

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These [projects] must not absolutely be stopped, [and] must not be shut down or mothballed, as they say

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that some of these [projects] have been mothballed or some of them are close to [total] shutdown.

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I think that here the Vice Presidency for Science can play a role in this regard.

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Now, either these [projects] must be totally transferred to the Vice Presidency for Science

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and universities leave these [projects] to the Vice Presidency for Science, or at least, the Vice Presidency for Science must play a role in this regard. This [issue] is very important.

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[Stopping] these [projects] is tantamount to scientific loss both for us, and for the young scientist

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who, for example, is working with hope in the nuclear sector, or in the aerospace sector, or in the nano sector,

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or in the biotechnology sector. When this sector

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is made subject to inattention and is half-closed, [they] lose hope.

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I have already noted that despair and desperation of the youth is a very grave danger.

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Now, I have written down here that these [scientific] projects must be either transferred to the Vice Presidency for Science

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or, at least, the Vice Presidency for Science must have good oversight on these [projects]; [and do not forget that] talents must be attracted toward these [projects].

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Another point that I raise here is that fortunately, they have set up a cultural department

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under this Vice Presidency for Science, which is a good step,

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but make sure that this cultural activity would stand at a high level.

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Fortunately, today, the level of religious thinking among young [social] classes

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has been elevated. Hereby, I take advantage of this opportunity and thank

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these groups, which manage mourning processions in the days [that lead to the event] of Ashura,

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which I am informed of some of them, [and] some others have been reported to me. The level of [mourning] processions has been greatly increased,

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speeches are very good, [and] materials [offered in those ceremonies] are very good. I even

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asked questions of some people who frequent these processions about the topics of discussion

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– well, this is among [the main] things that I do; I mean, I am an expert on these issues –

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[and] saw that [the topics chosen] were really good. [On the whole,] the levels [of mourning processions] are very good, good things are said, good ideas [are offered], and multitudes of young people [take part in these processions].

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Now, I have also held [similar] sessions here, [and] perhaps 90 percent or more [of those who took part in them] were young.

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Good discussions were held here, but in [other] places, sessions are also held for ten-day periods – [for example, for] ten nights, [and] fifteen nights

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, or [for] ten days, [and] fifteen days – [in which] speeches were good, sometimes laments were very good,

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[and] mourning ceremonies rich in content were held. These are very valuable [steps].

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The level at which young people think about religious issues has been elevated, [and] cultural work must grow in proportion to this [rise in the level of youths’ thinking].

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One of those things, which can be very useful, is holding jihadi excursions for the elites.

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These jihadi excursions are very valuable measures,

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[because] participation of the elite youths in these [excursions] will, firstly, make you familiar with conditions in your country, [and] with [various] social classes,

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[and secondly] makes you familiar with heavy duties, which weigh on all our shoulders.

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They make you familiar with what we have failed to do during these years that have passed since the [victory of the] revolution.

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– [because] in some places we have really failed to act – and will make you move.

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This blood will start circulating in one’s veins through presence in such places.

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In short, let me say a sentence at the end of my remarks: we want a

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society and a country to hold its head high under the scientific atmosphere of the world,

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which would [be able to] save the world of the ignorance and misguidance that has afflicted it.

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Dear youths! This is possible. If you can help your country progress in terms of science,

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in terms of self-confidence, in terms of innovations, [and] in terms of efforts [that are being made in various fields] ض

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in this world, which is full of ignorance and misguidance, [finally,] a country will rise,

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which will be [developed] in terms of those indices, which are accepted by the world –

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including the index of science, index of technological progress, index of wealth, index of material assets,

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and human indices – and, at the same time, it will be endowed with spirituality and honor

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and attention to God and faith and trust in God at a high level.

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If this takes place, it will be the most important [factor] effective and influential in attracting people’s faiths and hearts,

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[and in that case] you will be able to save the humanity. [The truth is] that [if] we go and sit by people one by one,

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[and] offer arguments in order to attract their minds toward faith in God and Islam,

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its effect in comparison with such a movement will be like [such] a [small] decimal [number like] one-hundredth

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and one-thousandth and one-millionth when measured against a very large number; it will be like a drop [of water] in comparison with a sea;

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we want such a development to take place. People of the world – [I mean, the entire] humanity –

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must be saved from this misguidance, [and] be saved from this ignorance. You can do this.

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Today, the world’s evil organs, [and] the world’s evil powers are plunging people

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by force into this quagmire of ignorance and misguidance day by day

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and also counter any location [on earth], which is opposed to their evil move.

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Now, American officials, who sit at the same table with our officials,

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complain about me that “why he is so pessimistic toward us?” well, [why] I should be optimistic?

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With this state that you are in, can one be optimistic toward you? Just a few days ago, one of these [American] officials,

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when they were talking about Iran’s sanctions in a show, which was also aired on our television,

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announced that as long as the Islamic Republic of Iran

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takes sides with the “resistance” in the region and helps the resistance in the region,

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it is not clear that sanctions [imposed on the country] would change at all. Look! This is the same thing that I have said time and again;

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[I have] said this both to officials in private meetings, and in public meetings here

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that [do you think that if] you withdraw [from your positions] with regard to the nuclear issue, your problem with America will be solved?

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No sir, [in that case] the issue of [Iran’s] missile [program] will be raised [and they will ask you] why you have missiles?

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If they lose hope about the issue of missile [program], the case of [Iran’s support] for the resistance [axis] will be raised [and they will ask you] why you support Hezbollah, Hamas,

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[and] Palestine? If you [succeed to] solve this issue, [and] withdraw [from your positions],

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another issue will be raised, [and for example], this issue of human rights will be raised.

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If you solve the issue of human rights and say, “Very well, with regard to human rights we will act in accordance with your standards,”

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[then] the issue of intervention of religion in government [will be raised]; do you [really] think they let you go [so easily]?

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[They cannot tolerate] the existence of an establishment in a country with such [a vast] area, with this population, [and] with these potentialities,

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and [all of] these are exceptional.

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Let me tell you this: our area, our population, our human resources, [and] our underground resources

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are among the most prominent in the world. I do not want to brag, [but] in this very

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statement, which the European Union released recently – which it was given to me as well –

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when they talk about communications with Iran and in the analysis that they give of Iran, all these things that I

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told you about a part of the country’s potentialities, have been mentioned there that Iran is such a country

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with such potentialities, with such a market, with such people, with such talents,

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with such underground resources, [and] with such an extraordinary strategic position –

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[and note that] other people are saying this. Well, [the fact] that such a country with these characteristics,

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which [is so] important, would stand against their bullying, is difficult for them [to put up with];

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[that] an Islamic establishment, a religious establishment, [and] a faith-based establishment based on

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Islamic principles and Islamic ideas would take shape is intolerable for these [Western countries].

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[Therefore,] they show hostility [toward Iran], oppose it, [and] antagonize [it]; our youth and elite must know this.

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I am not saying that you constantly chant slogan of “death to that given [person or country], and [cry out] “long live [this]” and “death to [that];”

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I am not saying this. I do not expect this from any of [our] young people [and] from any of the youths – [of course,] in its own place, yes [these slogans must be chanted]

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– but you must know [these facts], [and] must be able to analyze political issues of the region and the country.

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Therefore, I ask the Almighty God to help you succeed [in what you do] and preserve you for the country.

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You are children and loved ones of the Iranian nation;

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[so,], God willing, God would preserve you for this nation

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and guide all of you toward that which satisfies Him.

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