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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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والصّلاة والسّلام علي سيّدنا و نبيّنا ابي‌القاسم المصطفي محمّد

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و آله الاطيبين الاطهرين المنتجبين سيّما بقيّةالله في الارضين

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[This] meeting is a very, very illuminated meeting

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due to the presence of you young and adolescent people.

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The reflection of the divine light in the illuminated heart of a young person, [and] the pure heart of a young person, lights up [and] brings brilliance to the environment,

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and the likes of this humble one take advantage of the purity of your heart and of the brilliance of the divine light in your pure hearts.

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You are very welcome, [and] you started the meeting very well, [with] very good and masterly and beautiful recitation [of the Quran]

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by this dear brother of ours. The verses [of the Quran], which he had chosen [were very good, and]

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then, this beautiful group ballad [that you sang here] – [which] both had a good theme and a good rhyme –

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thank God, aromatized the meeting with the fragrance of your youth innovations.

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Well, the meeting is [held today] on the occasion of the 13th [day of the Iranian calendar month of] Aban, which will be tomorrow.

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Although the 13th of Aban is an event during which a number of [important] events take place

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– [including] the event of the [beginning of the] honorable Imam [Khomeini]’s exile, [and] the event of the massacre of students on the streets of Tehran

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– the one event, which has made this day prominent, is the event of taking over and capturing of [the former] embassy of America [in Tehran], or in better words,

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the espionage den of America. Therefore, the 13th day of Aban, whose name

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in the country has been designated as the Day of [Fight against] the Arrogance, in my opinion

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– while that name is a correct name – is [also] the day of the youth; [it is] the day of the faithful youth, the revolutionary youth, the brave youth, the gallant youth,

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the innovative youths, [and] the youth who does something, which bars the enemy from [having] innovation and from moving. In this sense, it is the day of the youth.

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Many years have passed since that day, but the meaning of that day still lingers.

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[The fact] that you heard the Imam described this move as the ‘second revolution’, was not meaningless.

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Since early hours [after the victory] of the [Islamic] Revolution, and even before [victory of] the revolution, the enemy started to hatch plots.

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A few days before victory of the revolution, Americans sent people here

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so that they would be able to launch a coup d’état and thwart the people’s move, and of course, they failed [to do that].

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Then, when the revolution became victorious, they made all kinds and sorts of efforts, both official political efforts, which US Senate

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started since the early days [after victory of the revolution] by taking position against the Islamic Republic, showing hostility [toward Iran], [and] declaring sanctions [against Iran]

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– which these were official ways, [and] public ways [of hostility against Iran] –

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and [they also used] unofficial ways, in which contacted their agents, [and] their mercenaries inside the country, so that, they would be able to

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take advantage of the existence of different ethnic groups to create divide among the Iranian nation, of course they were punched in the mouth.

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Both our ethnic groups themselves – our Arabs, our Turks, our Kurds, our Lors, our Turkmens

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[and in short all ethnic groups], all of whom were target of this conspiracy – stood up against America, and faithful youths, [and] the young people,

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who at that time were not [even] called [the Islamic Revolution’s] guards, [and] were not called the Basij,

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but were guarding the revolution and were Basijis on the path of the revolution in the real sense of the word, took action

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and thwarted America’s conspiracy. Therefore, Americans started since the early hours [to hatch plots against the Islamic Revolution]

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and all these [measures] were apart from what was going on inside America’s embassy right here in Tehran.

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After our youths went and captured this center [of espionage] and managed with a lot of effort

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to collect [and] put together the papers, which had been shredded, the documents, which had been thrown into the shredder,

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[and] stick them together and turn them into books, it was then that it became clear

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what conspiracies had been brewing during this period inside the American embassy.

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These books amount to about seventy volumes; have you read them?

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Why there is no sign of selected themes of these books in the collection of

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our schools, our high schools, [and] our universities? Why? This is one of my objections.

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[I am asking] the new esteemed minister of education, who is present in this meeting,

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why you do not include these [themes] in the textbooks? Why you don’t allow our young generation, [and] our new generation

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to understand and know what America has done to this place and what plots it has been hatching?

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The step taken by students to capture the [United States’] embassy [in Tehran] was a reaction to all these evil acts, which was carried out victoriously;

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I mean, it barred the activities of America [as a] rude superpower with excessive demands in the country; this is what revolution means.

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That superpower, which had gotten used for 25 years, [and] 30 years that anything it wanted

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to take place and be done in Iran, it would do it and Iran was owned by it and belonged to it,

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[from] its [political] establishment, its government, [and] its king, [to] its oil, its reserves, its mines, its future, [and] its everything [once] belonged to

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it and were now taken out of its hands and it was waiting for an opportunity to strike back.

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[However, it] saw that [our] young people barred this attack and barred it and barred it and the Iranian nation stood up

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and the leader of this huge movement was [the late] Imam [Khomeini] himself.

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I was abreast of the details of events [which took place] at that time;

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[because] during the same days, I frequently went to the spy den, sat [with students], [and] talked with young people, who were there,

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with others, [and] in the Revolution Council – at that time I was member of the Revolution Council –

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[and] I know what moves were made here and there in order to defuse that movement,

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but Imam stood [against all of them]. My dear ones! This is the story of America.

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Today, I want to correct two mistakes.

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Two mistakes are being injected into the public opinion of our people.

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The factor behind this injection is, in the first place, the Arrogant establishment and America itself, and in the second place, some people inside [the country];

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[these are] people, some of whom – I am not accusing everybody – are affiliated with

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American spy services or political establishment or special centers [in the United States, and]

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some [of them] no, are not affiliated [with any one of them], [but] are exhausted, are repentant, [and] are those who have smelled the pleasure of [the worldly] life.

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They [The aforesaid American centers] are relaying this thinking, [and] these two mistakes to these [people inside Iran, and] these [people, in turn,] develop them and spread them through various podiums,

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[and] in various places; [both] inside and outside the universities, [and] in the press and different places.

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Today, I want to correct these two mistakes.

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One [of those two mistakes] is that they keep publicizing that if Imam said,

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“Shout all your cries at America,” – which still applies today –

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it was out of bias and vanity; that is, there is no logic behind it; they want to promote this [notion].

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They want to say that our youths, our revolutionaries, out people, [and] our officials,

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who take the bull by the horn and stand in the face of America

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and disclose its conspiracies are [only] biased people, [and] what they do

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is out of ignorant bigotry and out of bias; they want to say this,

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while [the reality] is right 180 degrees to the opposite.

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[The fact] that [Imam Khomeini] said, “Shout all your cries at America,” is supported by a strong logic.

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That logic is that the basis of America’s politics is to want more and encroach [upon other countries].

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The history of America during these 250 years, which have passed since its inception,

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shows this – of course, much less [like this] at the beginning [of the United States, but]

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much more since about 100 years ago or a little less than 100 years ago –

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[and reveals that] the general policy of America is to ensure its domestic security by encroaching upon other countries

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and conquering numerous spheres of influence. They act like this;

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[and] this is among their policies. They enforced this policy in the West Asia region,

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enforced it in Iran in the era of the former [monarchial] regime, [and] enforced it in our neighboring countries.

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They were engaged in a tug of war over this issue with the former Soviet Union

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– [in which,] it [the Soviet Union] dragged [Iran] toward itself and this [the United States] dragged it toward itself [as well] – and Iran was considered as the sphere of influence of America.

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A little negligence after the [victory of the] Islamic Revolution would have caused the enemy, which we had kicked out of the door, to get back through the window;

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the Imam did not allow [this to happen] and prevented this.q

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The fact] that [Imam] said, “Stand up against America,

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[and] shout all your cries at America,” means that [we must] defend [all human] values;

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not just those values, which are special to Muslims, but [we must] defend all human values.

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Today, as admitted by Americans themselves, the government of America and the establishment of America

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are poles apart from human values.

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Did you see this [recent] debate between the two [presidential] candidates in America?

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Did you see the facts they gave voice to? Did you hear [them]?

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They disclosed [what is going on inside] America. Multiple times more than what I said

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and some people did not believe and did not want to believe, these [two candidates have] revealed [about the true face of America].

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And the interesting point is that the one, who talked more explicitly, drew more attention from people.

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Since that man talked more clearly, [and] talked more explicitly,

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American people paid more attention to him. The opposite side [Hillary Clinton] said, this [Trump] is acting in a populist manner;

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[and accused him of] populism; [but] why [he is being accused of] populism? [He is accused of this] because people looked at what he said [and] saw he was right;

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they saw [what he said] in the realities of their life.

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Human values have been annihilated and trampled upon in that country; [one reason is that] racial discrimination exists [in the United States].

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Just a few days before this, that man stood up in his election campaign and said

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if you have colored skin, if you are a black [person] and a Native American, when you are walking along the streets

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in New York and Chicago and Washington and California and so forth,

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you cannot be sure that you would be alive a few minutes later. You just look [at his remarks]!

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This statement is made by a person, who expects to

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enter the White House a few days from now, sit down [at his office, and] run America. This is the meaning of American racism.

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[He also] talked about poverty of Americans. He said that 44 million people in America are hungry.

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He said and others have said that less than one percent of American people own 90 percent of America’s wealth.

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Human values have been trampled upon there; [and America is full of] discrimination, differences,

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racism, [and] trampling upon human rights.

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The “Death to America” that you shout, [and the fact] that [Imam] said, “Shout all your cries at America,” means death to such things.

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It was due to these things that Imam said, “Shout all your cries at America.”

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All these [facts] are [just] one side [of this issue], [and] the second side of the issue and another important factor in this issue is that these [Americans]

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provided the ground for dealing a heavy blow to the Iranian nation since early days [after victory of the revolution];

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I mean, they gave refuge to [Iran’s former shah,] Mohammad Reza [Pahlavi] in America in order to keep him there,

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provide [the necessary] ground, strengthen their agents here, with him being also present,

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[and] then once again do the same thing that they did [during the military coup d’état, which was staged] on the 28th [day of the Iranian calendar month] of Mordad in the [Iranian] year [13]32 (August 19, 1953) – that is, 25 years before that date.

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On the 28th of Mordad, Mohammad Reza also fled Iran.

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[At that time,] the British and American [agents] joined hands, entered the country

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under cover, took advantage of various embassies, found refuge, mobilized their [domestic] agents,

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made [them] ready, exploited the negligence of people at that time, [and] returned Mohammad Reza [to power] once again

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and it was the same return [to power] that inflicted so much hardship on this nation for 25 years and made this people’s life a living hell.

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They wanted to do this once more, [but] the Imam prevented this, blocked it, awakened the Iranian nation

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and the Iranian nation woke up. Therefore, this anti-American slogan, [and] this shouting at America is not out of bias,

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is not out of ignorance, [and] is not out of obstinacy, [but] is out of logic,

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[and] is based on a logical and intellectual backbone and background.

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Therefore, both our dear youths,

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and those [people] who write and talk and have a podium to express [their viewpoints]

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– including the press podium, the university podium, the classroom podium, [and all other] different podiums –

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[must] know and pay attention that if toady, the Iranian nation chants slogan against America

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and has been already chanting [this] slogan during these [past] thirty-odd years, it has been due to a strong logic.

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During these years, we also had [to engage in] eight years of war with [the former Iraqi dictator] Saddam [Hussein, and during that war]

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Americans stood fast behind Saddam, [and] helped him as much as they could.

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[Americans have been showing hostility toward Iran] after the war in one way, before the war in one way, during the war in one way, up to the present day in one way,

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in the case of the JCPOA (Iran’s nuclear deal with the P5+1 group) in one way, [and] after [the conclusion of] the JCPOA in another way. A few days before this,

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this very American [nuclear] negotiator

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clearly said – and it was also aired on our television –

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that we have also imposed sanctions on Iran after the JCPOA. This is [the real face of] America.

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[Therefore,] resistance of the Iranian nation in the face of America is a resistance based on logic.

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[So,] the first mistake was that [some people] want to show that the [Iranian] people are resisting against America out of obstinacy.

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[However,] the reality of this issue is [totally] the opposite; [because] people are resisting America based on logic.

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The second mistake [and] the wrong and erroneous thought, this is also

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being injected [into the Iranian nation] somehow by Americans, while some people inside [the country] also promote it,

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[They say,] if we reached a compromise with America, the country’s problems would be solved.

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Well, now one can enumerate up to ten reasons to prove that this remark is wrong,

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this remark is a lie, [and] this remark is a deceit.

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Compromise with America will by no means solve our country’s problems; neither economic problems, nor political problems,

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nor security problems, nor ethical problems, but will make them [much] worse.

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There are ten or fifteen reasons [to prove this], which can be enumerated and listed for [proving falsehood of] this issue,

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the last of which is this very issue of the JCPOA. How many times I said during [nuclear] negotiations that these [Americans] are not trustworthy, these are liars,

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[and] these [Americans] do not abide by what they say; now you observe!

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Today, that person, who says that they are not trustworthy is not [only] me; [but] esteemed officials of the country, our [nuclear] negotiators themselves,

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who took so much trouble, negotiated for more than a year, went [there], [and] sat [down for talks],

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[for] ten days, fifteen days, [and] twenty days outside the country, broke sweat with all that trouble behind the negotiating table,

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[and] endeavored [a lot], [now even] they are saying [that Americans are not trustworthy].

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During this very foreign ministerial meeting, which was held in New York about a month ago,

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our esteemed foreign minister also took part [in that meeting, and] they had also taken part.

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In that meeting, our foreign minister brings up a big indictment against them,

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[and] tells them you did this, which should not have done, [and] did not do this, which you should have done;

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[it was] an indictment, a list of accusations, [and] they had no answer [for it]. Well, these [Americans] are like this;

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[they tell us let’s] reach a compromise over Syria, reach a compromise over Hezbollah, reach a compromise over Afghanistan and Pakistan,

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reach a compromise over Iraq, [and even] reach a compromise over domestic issues [of Iran]; with who?

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With the same one, who has not spared a moment to show hostility [against the Iranian nation].

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Their goal is not to allow this nation to grow,

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[and] their goal is not to allow economic problems of this country be solved;

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[then, you think] the same [people] will help to solve [our] problems?

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First of all, the opposite side is lying, is deceiving, breaches its promises and is stabber in the back,

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[because] at the same time that it shakes hands with one hand, as put by themselves, it has a stone in its other hand to hit on the head of the other side.

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Our [opposite] side is such a person. Secondly, [do you think that] America [really] wants to solve the problems of the Iranian nation?

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America itself is hit by crisis; why they do not say this?

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This [issue] has been said by all important bodies that pass a judgment on such issues in the world, [and] even Americans themselves have been saying this.

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America is hit by crisis, [including] economic crisis, international crisis, political crisis,

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[and] ethical crisis; it is itself hit with [all kinds of] crises.

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Today, the [national] debt of the American administration is approximately close to total gross [domestic] product of America;

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this is [a clear] sign of crisis, [and] it is economists who say this.

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They say whenever debts of a government get close to gross [domestic] product of that government, it is in crisis;

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this economy is a crisis-hit economy; [and economic situation in] America is like this today.

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The amount it owes in debt is about close to sixty-odd percent of its gross domestic product;

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[now,] who this [crisis-hit government] is going to help? This [crisis-hit government] wants to suck [other nations’ resources], [and] wants to take away [what other nations have]

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in order to repair itself; will [such a government] help the economy of another country? This [explanation is] from economic viewpoint.

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[Americans] are facing crisis from a political viewpoint as well.

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Today, without an exception, at any point in the world – I say this categorically –

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that a nation rises up, [and] starts to move against a dictator, against a government, [and] against a [political] establishment, its slogan is “Death to America.”

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There was a time when the slogan of “Death to America” only belonged here [in Iran]; today, in the West Asia region, in the East Asia region, [even] in Europe itself,

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in the region of Latin America, [and] in the region of Africa,

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those nations, which stand up [against their dictators] their first slogan is against America; this is the political situation of America. Can any crisis be bigger than this?

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America had a plan for the West Asia region.

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Look, you do not remember; of course, it was not a long time ago, it pertains to ten [or] twelve years ago,

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but well, you young people do not remember that time.

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The then American foreign minister said, “We want to create a Greater Middle East.”

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In the case of Lebanon and the 33-day war [which was launched by Israel against Lebanon], she mentioned the Greater Middle East.

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What does the Greater Middle East mean? They call the West Asia region the Middle East;

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the Greater Middle East means a region from about Pakistan to the Mediterranean;

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that is, all countries in this region make up the Middle East

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and America had come up with a general plan for the entirety of this region,

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[according to] which [it wanted] to keep all these [countries] in the palm of its hand with Israel as [the main] axis;

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this is what the Greater Middle East means. Today, the situation in this [so-called] Greater Middle East of that [American] foreign minister – who was a lady

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the poor soul who said this – has reached a point that these [Americans] have been stalled in the case of Syria, have been stalled in the case of Iraq, have been stalled in the case of Lebanon,

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have been stalled in the case of North Africa, have ran aground in the case of Libya,

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[and] have been stalled after they entered the case of Yemen.

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This is the international political situation of America. Can any crisis be bigger than this?

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Is this [crisis-hit] country supposed to help you? Is this [crisis-hit] country supposed to solve the country’s problems?

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We are the opposite point; praise be to God. This is what God does;

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[and] this is God’s favor to this nation, which He has bestowed courage upon them, has bestowed insight upon them,

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[and] has bestowed steadfastness upon them, [as a result of which, the Iranian people] put up with problems,

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[and] the faithful men and women of this nation were able to move in such a way

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and act in such a way that today, the Iranian nation holds its head high in the Middle East.

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In Iraq, in Syria, in Lebanon, in Yemen,

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[and] in the Persian Gulf region, wherever you look, Iran is a brilliant countenance.

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It is them [Americans] who are in crisis from an economic viewpoint, are in crisis from a political viewpoint, are in crisis from an international viewpoint,

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[and] are in crisis from an ethical viewpoint. From an ethical viewpoint

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– both with regard to issues related to sexual ethics, or [in issues] related to financial corruption – [America is in crisis and this is according to]

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what they say themselves, is published in their print media, [and] is said by themselves

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– of course, this is much less than the reality – and [according to] what these two respectable!!! presidential candidates

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[are saying, considering that] one of these [two] will finally enter the White House a few days from now and become president there.

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It is safe to say that they are not talking nonsense; [because although] the two of them are not friendly toward each other, they have joined hands in order to disclose [facts against] America

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and to do away with America’s credit and have been successful [in this regard] as well.

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How such a country can come to help Iran? Why they infuse this wrong [notion] into the minds [of people] that “if we solved our problems with America

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and reached a compromise, the country’s problems would be solved?” No sir!

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[Reaching a] compromise with America will not solve the country’s problems, but will increase them.

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If we have political problems, [and] if we have economic problems,

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we must solve our problems on our own; [and] you must solve our problems, you young people.

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Let me tell a few sentences now [and] here to you young people; after all you are the most beloved ones that we have;

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you are like my children, are our children, are our youths, are our hopes, our future is in your hands, [and] the future of this country is in your hands.

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We will be gone [at last]; it is you, who live on, [and] it is you, who must run this country.

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Let me tell you a few sentences. My dear ones!

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You [must] get yourselves ready for the future;

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[and] must get yourselves ready to manage this country.

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The remedy to problems in this country – whether problems that we have today, or problems that we will have after this,

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or problems that face any country and nation; after all, no country is without problems –

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and resolution of these problems depends on the will and resistance gushing out from within the nation.

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From within the nation must gush out resolve, resistance, firm determination

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[and] steadfastness; [at the same time, our] eyes [must be] open; [and our] spirits [must be] strong through putting [our] trust in God and [having] self-confidence.

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If we put our trust in God and [also] trust ourselves, our spirits will be strong,

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both in the scientific field, and in the managerial field, and in the administrative field.

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The point on which I put emphasis is the revolutionary spirit; this spirit must be preserved.

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What is the meaning of revolutionary spirit? It means that a revolutionary person

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has courage, is given to action, is given to taking measures,

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uses initiative, breaks deadlocks,

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cuts the knots; is not afraid of anything,

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has hope in the future, [and] moves toward a promising future by pinning [his] hope on God;

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this is [the real] meaning of being revolutionary; such [a person] is revolutionary; [and therefore,] this revolutionary spirit must be preserved.

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Some people act [completely] to the opposite of this, some people talk to the opposite of this,

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[and] some people manage [their respective organs] to the opposite of this,

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[and by doing so,] they cause young people to lose confidence in the future, to lose confidence in the revolution,

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and get the youth away from sincere words of the Imam. Well, this ruins [all positive efforts] after all;

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[and then the same people] complain about [bad] times! They complain about [bad] times.

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Who makes the times? As put by [the Iranian poet] Saeb [Tabrizi]: “he who makes the times stands more accused than the times [themselves]”;

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who makes the times? I and you make the times; we make the times.

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If it is bad times, one must look at me and you, [because] it is us, who make the times.

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When we do not take our steps firmly, when we ignore recommendations of the Imam

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– that sharp eye, that erudite soul, that soul, who was overflowed with knowledge, [and for this reason]

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saw [all issues] clearly, understood [them] well, [and] recognized [all issues] well,

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[and who] has blazed the trail for us – [then the times will be bad]. The last will of the Imam is close at hand for us;

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well, those who have any doubt, [can just] take a look at this last will and see what the Imam has said.

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When we take people away from these [recommendations], take the youth away from these, push the youth toward hedonism,

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[and] push a young person, who is [naturally] inclined toward chastity, toward disregard

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for issues related to chastity and the likes of this, well, it is clear that the result will be bad, and the times will be bad.

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Of course, fortunately, they have not been able [to do this] up to the present day, and will not be able [to do it in the future]; [because] our youth is very good.

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[If] we inject hedonism [into the society] in the name of freedom, [and] in the name of rationality and rational viewpoint,

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infuse [the society with the spirit of] compromise and submission to the enemy well, the times will be deteriorated after all.

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This path [of resistance against enemy] must be continued with strength. [Imam Ali] Amir al-Mo'menin (PBUH) says in [his book] Nahj-ul-Balagha that

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“there are hearts, which are overturned after having been resistant, and there are men, who go astray after having been healthy [in mind].”

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Some hearts were doing the right thing once, trod the right path,

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[and] moved correctly, but they turned [from the right path] later. The word ‘zigh’ [which Imam Ali (AS) has used in his statement] means getting turned over.

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The prayer, “Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate…”

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– which is in the Quran – [actually] means “O God! Do not allow our hearts to be overturned,”

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[that is,] if we [used to] understand right, do not allow us to misunderstand and misinterpret [the facts] now. Amir al-Mo'menin (PBUH) says

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some people once treaded the right path, but their hearts overturned.

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Now, why [people’s hearts] get overturned? God does not do wrong to anybody,

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it is us, who get immersed in [the fleeting desires of] the world, get immersed in misplaced kindness,

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get immersed in ambitions, get immersed in nepotism,

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get immersed in factionalism and party politics [and, as a result,] our heart gets overturned and we

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turn our back on that correct path, [and] on that original resistance.

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[Imam Ali (AS) says:] “…and there are men, who go astray after having been healthy [in mind];”

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one day, they were healthy [in mind and thinking, and] then went astray. These [issues] are blights [of humanity],

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[and] these [blights] must be prevented and refuge must be sought with God in their face.

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My recommendation to the youth is to look [at all issues] with an open eye, look with insight,

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[and] do not accept any word from any speaker.

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The origin of [our nation’s] movement and the origin of the revolution is the honorable Imam; [therefore,] consider his words as the last say;

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look and see what the Imam said. Do not [accept when they] say ‘if the Imam was present today,

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he would have behaved like this’; no, this is wrong; we have been with the Imam for many long years and we know the Imam better than them.

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If the Imam was present today, he would have shouted the same Abrahamic cry,

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[and] the same idol-shattering cry [even] today; the same cry, which awakened the nation and get them to [carry out] the revolution.

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Well, you say “Death to America,” [and] I agree to that as well and have no objection.

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